Beverly Aadland
American film actress (1942–2010)
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Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010) was an American film and television actress.
September 16, 1942
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| Born | Beverly Elaine Aadland September 16, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 2010 (aged 67) Lancaster, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951–2010 |
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| Children | 1 |
She appeared in films including South Pacific. As a teenager, she co-starred in the Errol Flynn film Cuban Rebel Girls, and had a relationship with him.
Early years
Aadland was born in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. She entered show business as a child, appearing in the film Death of a Salesman (1951).[1]
Biography
Aadland was 17 when she was with actor Errol Flynn as he died of a heart attack on October 14, 1959, in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of 50.[2] In 1961, Aadland's mother, Florence Aadland, alleged in the book The Big Love that actor Flynn had a relationship with her daughter starting at age 15.[3][4] The book would be turned into a one-woman Broadway show starring Tracey Ullman as Florence. The memoir was reissued in 2018 by Spurl Editions.[5][6] 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 and that she was with him at the time of his death.[7]
Her relationship with Flynn was the subject of the 2013 movie The Last of Robin Hood, in which Aadland was played by Dakota Fanning.[8]
Personal life
In 1960, William Stanciu, her then boyfriend, died in her apartment after being shot in a struggle between the two.[2] That event led to her being a ward of the court for the following year.[1]
Aadland was married and divorced twice before she married Ronald Fisher in the late 1960s. The couple had a daughter.[2]
Aadland died on January 5, 2010, at the Lancaster Community Hospital from complications of diabetes and congestive heart failure. She was 67 years old.[2]
Filmography
- Death of a Salesman (1951) as girl (uncredited)
- You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx - Performing Contestant, sang and danced "All Shook Up"
- South Pacific (1958) as Nurse in Thanksgiving Show
- Too Much, Too Soon (1958) as starlet at studio party (uncredited)
- The Roots of Heaven (1958) as girl dancing (uncredited)
- Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) as Beverly Woods
- The Red Skelton Show (1959) as Beatnik Girl