"Kersh was being wooed by handsome actor Vince Edwards of Ben Casey fame. The pair met at a dinner party thrown by actor George Hamilton in his Beverly Hills estate. Kersh was fresh from her third broken engagement and Edwards had just ended his affair with actress Sharon Farrell. The two lovelorn souls hit it off and soon after Kathy appeared on his show playing a nurse named Tina. In Photoplay, Edwards raved that Kathy gave “an excellent performance.” He also added, “I got one of the best pieces of film she’s ever made. She has a very pert charm, and I think I captured it on film.”
Recalling being directed by Vince Edwards on Ben Casey, Kathy remarks, “I’ve always said that it was the only time we really got along because I had to do what Vince told me to do. I found him to be quite good as a director. He really understood actors’ problems and he did his homework. Vince was volatile but when it came to directing he quieted right down and got to work. And he worked hard at it. He was also a talented actor especially in some of his earlier work where he played a lot of character and bad guy roles rather than as Dr. Ben Casey, but that was the hottest show going at that time.”
After a very brief courtship, Kathy Kersh and Vince Edwards were wed on June 13, 1965 in a secret ceremony at the home of Vince’s business manager, Bill Hayes. The fan magazines had a field day speculating why the handsome couple rushed into marriage.
It was a stormy relationship to say the least and after less than two months of marriage they separated. Four days later Kersh announced that she was pregnant and accused Edwards of “willful neglect” and “mental cruelty.”
What should have been a private affair was played out in Photoplay, Modern Screen, and other publications as the Edwards reconciled, separated a second time, and finally divorced with Kathy reportedly receiving no alimony and only $400 a month in child support."
Time Magazine 1966: "Born: To Kathy Kersh, 23, ex-wife of Vince Edwards, 37, TV's hairy Ben Casey, whom she married in June and divorced in October: a daughter; in Los Angeles."