Beverly Aadland Explained

Beverly Aadland
Birth Name:Beverly Elaine Aadland
Birth Date:September 16, 1942
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death Place:Lancaster, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1951–1959
Children:1

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Beverly E. Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend . 11 April 2021 . Los Angeles Times . 10 January 2010.
  2. Book: Lentz. Harris M. III. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. 2011. McFarland. 9780786486496. 1. 9 February 2017. en.
  3. News: A few more literary favorites among the best of the firsts and the best of the lasts . Smith . Jack . 30 December 1985 . Los Angeles Times.
  4. Book: Aadland, Florence . Tedd . Thomey . The Big Love . . 1986 . reprint . 0-446-30159-0 . 206.
  5. News: Review/Theater; Tracey Ullman by Herself in 'The Big Love' . Rich . Frank . 4 March 1991 . . 23 December 2010 . 11 . limited.
  6. Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger . Simon . John . 18 March 1991 . . 76–7 . 15 February 2009 . 24 . 11 . 0028-7369.
  7. News: Errol Flynn's Pretty Baby . Aadland . Beverly . 17 October 1988 . . 10 January 2010 . Meredith Corporation.
  8. News: The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love . . August 27, 2014 . 28 October 2018 . Stephanie . Zacharek . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903225159/http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-08-27/film/the-last-of-robin-hood/full/ . 3 September 2014 . Houston Press. Alt URL