Afdera Franchetti (born 8 July 1931)[1] is an Italian baroness, descended from an old Jewish family of Venice which intermarried with the Rothschild family and who eventually converted to Roman Catholicism.
Franchetti is known for being the fourth wife of American actor Henry Fonda.
[3][4] Her brother, the Baron Raimondo Nanuk Franchetti, was a friend of author Ernest Hemingway, who hunted with him in Caorle Lagoon.
Audrey had been struggling with infertility and had sought advice from Afdera's sister, Simba.
She was once arrested for drug smuggling, as detailed in her autobiography, for one "joint", which she brought in her luggage for a friend without knowing that possession of this small amount of marijuana was a serious offence.