Beverly Aadland

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Beverly Aadland
Beverly Elaine Aadland.jpg
Born
Beverly Elaine Aadland

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

Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010) was an American film actress. [1]

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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

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