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Frances Pilchard / 1st & 3rd wife

Three photos of Mel and Frances Ferrer. The two photos left and right were taken in November 1952 at The Cocoanut Grove; the middle photo was taken in 1951 at their Pacific Palisades home.

Mel and Frances at two unidentified Hollywood events.

The center photo shows Frances and Mel at the premiere of The Glass Menagerie in 1950; The couple is shown with their children Pepa and Mark on the right; Mel is with their son Mark on the left.

Frances was a talented sculptress; the photo on the left was taken in 1949 shortly after "Lost Boundaries" was released. The other two photos from 1951 show Mel and Frances at their Pacific Palisades home.

The Ferrers were photographed in 1949 shortly after Mel's breakthrough role in "Lost Boundaries". The photo on the right shows the family (along with a house guest) at a performance of Ballet Russe in 1952.