Beverly Aadland

Beverly Aadland
Born Beverly Elaine Aadland
(1942-09-16)September 16, 1942
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Died January 5, 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 67)
Lancaster, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1951–1959
Spouse(s)
Maurice Jose de Leon
(m. 1961; div. 1964)

Joseph E. McDonald
(m. 1967; div. 1969)

Ronald Fisher
(m. 1969)
Children 1

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 in the Errol Flynn film Cuban Rebel Girls, and later entered a relationship with him.

Early years

Aadland was born in Hollywood, California. She entered show business as a youngster, appearing in the film Death of a Salesman (1951).[2]

Biography

Beverly Elaine Aadland (aka Woodsey, Little Wood Nymph and SC) was 17 at the time she was with actor Errol Flynn when he died of a heart attack on October 14, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of 50.[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 starting at age 15, yet there's also speculation he was led to believe she was 18.[4][5] The memoir was reissued in 2018 by Spurl Editions, as well as 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] Her relationship with Flynn was the subject of the 2013 movie The Last of Robin Hood. Aadland was played by Dakota Fanning.[9]

Personal life

In 1960 William Stanciu, her then boyfriend, died in her apartment after being shot in a struggle between the two.[10] That event led to her being a ward of the court for the following year.[2]

Aadland was married and divorced twice before she married Ronald Fisher in the late 1960s. The couple had a daughter.[10]

Beverly Aadland Fisher died on January 5, 2010 at the Lancaster Community Hospital from complications of diabetes and congestive heart failure. She was 67 years old.[10]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Times Obituary, Accessed 10 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 Lentz, Harris M. III (2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland. p. 1. ISBN 9780786486496. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Obituary Los Angeles Times, 10 January 2010.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Aadland, Florence; Tedd Thomey (1986). The Big Love (reprint ed.). Grand Central Pub. ISBN 0-446-30159-0.
  6. ↑ Rich, Frank (1991-03-04). "Review/Theater; Tracey Ullman by Herself in 'The Big Love'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. ↑ Simon, John (1991-03-18). "Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger". New York Magazine. pp. 76–7. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  8. ↑ Aadland, Beverly (17 October 1988). "Errol Flynn's Pretty Baby". People. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  9. ↑ The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love Village Voice August 27, 2014
  10. 1 2 3 Lin II, Rong-Gong (January 10, 2010). "Beverly E. Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend". Los Angeles Times.
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