Beverly Aadland
| Beverly Aadland | |
|---|---|
| Born | Beverly Elaine Aadland September 16, 1942 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 2010 (aged 67) Lancaster, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951–59 |
| Spouse | Maurice Jose de Leon (m. 1961–1964) (divorced) Joseph E. McDonald (m. 1967–1969) (divorced) Ronald Fisher (m. 1969–2010) (her death) |
Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010)[1] was an American film actress.
She appeared in films including South Pacific. As a teenager, she co-starred Errol Flynn's Cuban Rebel Girls and had been considered for the role of Lolita, opposite Flynn in a planned production of Lolita, although it was James Mason who was cast in the lead, in part due to previous allegations of statutory rape that had been filed against Flynn.[2]
Aadland was 17 at the time she was with Flynn when he died of a heart attack on October 14, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] In 1961, Aadland's mother, Florence Aadland, alleged in the book The Big Love that actor Flynn had a sexual relationship with her daughter beginning when she was 15-years-old.[4][5] The book was later made into a play starring Tracey Ullman.[6][7] Beverly Aadland gave an account of her relationship with Flynn in People in 1988, confirming that she had had a sexual relationship with Flynn in her teens.[8]
In 1960, her then boyfriend died in her apartment after being shot.[9]
Aadland was married and divorced twice before she married Ronald Fisher in the early 1970s. The couple had a daughter.[9]
Beverly Fisher née Aadland died on January 5, 2010 at the Lancaster Community Hospital from complications of diabetes and congestive heart failure.[9]
[edit] Filmography
- Death of a Salesman (1951) as girl (uncredited)
- South Pacific (1958) as Nurse in Thanksgiving Show
- Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) as Beverly Woods
- The Red Skelton Show (1959) as Beatnik Girl
[edit] References
- ^ Los Angeles Times Obituary Accessed 10 January 2010
- ^ The dame in the kimono: hollywood, censorship, and the production code By Leonard J. Leff, Jerold Simmons
- ^ Obituary Los Angeles Times, 10 January 2010.
- ^ Smith, Jack (1985-12-30). "A few more literary favorites among the best of the firsts and the best of the lasts". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Aadland, Florence; Tedd Thomey (1986). The Big Love (reprint ed.). Grand Central Pub.. ISBN 0446301590.
- ^ Rich, Frank (1991-03-04). "Review/Theater; Tracey Ullman by Herself in 'The Big Love'". New York Times. http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9D0CE5D61E31F937A35750C0A967958260. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
- ^ Simon, John (1991-03-18). "Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger". New York Magazine. pp. 76–7. http://books.google.com/books?id=DukCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76&dq=%22florence+aadland%22+%22the+big+love%22#PPA76,M1. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ Aadland, Beverly (17 October 1988). "Errol Flynn's Pretty Baby". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100218,00.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ a b c Lin II, Rong-Gong (January 10, 2010). "Beverly E. Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-beverly-aadland10-2010jan10,0,7266560.story.
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