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Ferrer's sons Rafael Ferrer and Miguel Ferrer, his daughter (Letty Ferrer), and his granddaughter Tessa Ferrer also became actors and actresses. Ferrer donated his Academy Award to the University of Puerto Rico .
Several of Ferrer's children also followed him into the acting world: his daughter Letty teaches acting in New York at the HB Studio where she is the Hagen Legacy Chair, named for her mother, Ferrer's first wife, the German actress Uta Hagen, with whom he starred in Paul Robeson's Othello on Broadway; his son Miguel, whose mother was singer ...
Ferrer's mother was María Providencia Cintrón, a native of the coastal town of Yabucoa. Ferrer's paternal grandfather was Dr. Gabriel Ferrer Hernández, who had campaigned for Puerto Rican independence from the Spanish Empire. The Ferrer family moved to New York City in 1914, when José was 2-years-old.
Before she reunited with Dante DiPaolo, Clooney was married to actor José Ferrer. When they first started seeing each other, Ferrer was actually already married to Phyllis Hill — once Ferrer was able to secure a divorce, he and Clooney married quickly. This was Clooney's first marriage and Ferrer's third.
In 1953, she married Academy Award-winning actor José Ferrer, who was 16 years her senior. They divorced in 1961 only to be remarried in 1964. However, they finally called it quits in 1967.
José Ferrer. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in New York City, the pioneering actor worked in film, television and appeared on Broadway. In 1951, Ferrer made history as the first Hispanic actor to win an Oscar.
He was married to Stella Daphne Magee from 1977 to January 26, 1992, Rosemary Clooney from July 13, 1953 to September 12, 1967, Phyllis Hill from June 19, 1948 to July 7, 1953, and Uta Hagen from December 8, 1938 to June 14, 1948. Did José Ferrer have children?
