referred to Ferrer as a "frog faced delinquent with the spindly legs."
Actress Audrey Hepburn shares spotlight with her mother, Mrs. Ella Hepburn, just in from London on the New Amsterdam in 1951. | Source: Getty Images
Hepburn's mother, Ella van Heemstra believed the marriage took a toll on her daughter and thought Hepburn was sick of the director. She would say, as People reports:
"I believe that Audrey is getting rather sick of the neurotic side of him!"
WHY AUDREY'S FIRST MARRIAGE BROKE UP
Unfortunately, after 14 years of marriage, Hepburn and Ferrer's marriage ended. Their marital troubles began in 1966 after Hepburn's much-publicized romance with Albert Finney, her costar in "Two For The Road."
American actor Mel Ferrer with his wife, British actress Audrey Hepburn, on the set of War and Peace, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, and directed by King Vidor. | Source: Getty Images
The pair separated a year down the line, and the actress would confess that she felt disillusioned. "When my marriage broke up, it was terrible," she shared, adding:
"More than that, it was a keen disappointment. I thought a marriage between two good, loving people had to last until one of them died."
"I knew how difficult it had to be to be married to a world celebrity, recognized everywhere, second-billed on the screen and in real life, how Mel suffered. But believe me, I put my career second." Hepburn confessed.
Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) with her second husband, Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti (1938 - 2007), after their wedding in Morges, Switzerland, 18th January 1969. | Source: Getty Images
Following their failed union, Hepburn only spoke to Ferrer twice in her life, even as she endured another unhappy marriage to the Italian psychiatrist Count Andrea Dotti in 1969.
She relocated to Rome and delivered her second son, Luca. However, her second marriage was nothing to write home about, and Dotti would reportedly cheat on the actress with 200 women.
Actress Audrey Hepburn's escort is someone she is very fond of. It's her son, Sean, in 1979 | Source: Getty Images
British film-maker Helena Coan, who interviewed several friends of Hepburn and Dotti, said the actress suffered at her husband's hands. In 1980, the marriage finally ended, with Hepburn saying:
"Doctors are great with their parents, but they never want to take care of their families."
Heartbroken, Hepburn lagged in Italy so that Dotti could see his son and stepson, but when he failed to step up, the actress moved to Switzerland and found love with fellow Dutch actor Robert Wolders.
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