Beverly Aadland

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).

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. 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. 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. 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.

Her relationship with Flynn was the subject of the 2013 movie The Last of Robin Hood, in which Aadland was played by Dakota Fanning.

Personal life

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

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

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

Filmography

• 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

References

References

1. (2011). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010". McFarland.
2. (10 January 2010). "Beverly E. Fisher dies at 67; Errol Flynn's final girlfriend". Los Angeles Times.
3. Smith, Jack. (30 December 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). "The Big Love". [[Grand Central Pub.]].
5. Rich, Frank. (4 March 1991). "Review/Theater; Tracey Ullman by Herself in 'The Big Love'". [[The New York Times]].
6. Simon, John. (18 March 1991). "Two from the Heart, Two from Hunger". [[New York (magazine).
7. Aadland, Beverly. (17 October 1988). "Errol Flynn's Pretty Baby". [[Meredith Corporation]].
8. Zacharek, Stephanie. (August 27, 2014). "The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love". [[Houston Press]].