Beverly Aadland

Beverly Aadland
Born
Beverly Elaine Aadland

(1942-09-16)September 16, 1942
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 5, 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 67)
Lancaster, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1959
Spouses
  • Maurice Jose de Leon
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    ​
    (m. 1961; div. 1964)​
  • Joseph E. McDonald
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    (m. 1967; div. 1969)​
  • Ronald Fisher
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    (m. 1969)​
Children1

Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010) was an American film actress.[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).[2]

Biography

Beverly Elaine 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.[1] 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.[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.[1] 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.[1]

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.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Beverly E. Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend". Los Angeles Times. January 10, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. III (2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland. p. 1. ISBN 9780786486496. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Smith, Jack (December 30, 1985). "A few more literary favorites among the best of the firsts and the best of the lasts". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Aadland, Florence (1986). Thomey, Tedd (ed.). The Big Love (reprint ed.). Grand Central Pub. p. 206. ISBN 0-446-30159-0.
  5. ^ Rich, Frank (March 4, 1991). "Review/Theater; Tracey Ullman by Herself in 'The Big Love'". The New York Times. p. 11. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  6. ^ Simon, John (March 18, 1991). "Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger". New York. 24 (11): 76–7. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
  7. ^ Aadland, Beverly (October 17, 1988). "Errol Flynn's Pretty Baby". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  8. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (August 27, 2014). "The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love". Village Voice. Houston Press. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2018. Alt URL