Beverly Aadland

Beverly Elaine Aadland (September 16, 1942 – January 5, 2010) was an American film and television actress.

Beverly Aadland
Born	Beverly Elaine Aadland (1942-09-16)September 16, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	January 5, 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 67) Lancaster, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1951–1959
Spouses	Maurice Jose de Leon ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1964)​ Joseph E. McDonald ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1969)​ Ronald Fisher ​ (m. 1969)​
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

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• 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