While Hepburn worked tirelessly to become the star she was, she worked even harder to be a devoted mother to her children. At the premiere of "Roman Holiday," Hepburn met actor and director Mel Ferrer. After one year, when Hepburn was 24, the two wed. In the years that followed, the movie star attempted to become pregnant with little success, enduring the traumatic experiences of stillbirth and miscarriage. In 1960, Hepburn gave birth first son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer.
Hepburn and Ferrer divorced in 1968, and she married Andrea Dotti the following year. Dotti was a psychiatrist-neurologist who she had met while traveling. Together, they had Hepburn's second son, Luca Dotti. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.
For the majority of her sons' childhood, they resided in the countryside of Switzerland. While neither of Hepburn's marriages held strong, she certainly held it together as a loving mother to her sons. Today, both Luca Dotti and Sean Hepburn Ferrer have followed in their mother's footsteps, working in the film industry and philanthropy.
