Beverly Wills

Beverly Wills Biography

Beverly Wills (June 7, 1933 " October 24, 1963) was an American television and film actress. She was born Beverly Josephine Williams in Los Angeles to actress/comedienne Joan Davis and actor/writer Si Wills. Wills made her film debut in George White's Scandals (1945) when she was 11 years old. Mickey (1948) followed three years later.

In 1952, at the age of 18, Wills appeared with her mother and Jim Backus in the TV comedy, I Married Joan (1952"55). She played the younger sister to her real-life mother. After the series ended its run, Wills appeared in only four more films including Some Like It Hot (1959) and Son of Flubber (1963).

Wills' first marriage was to Lee Bamber, a Pasadena fireman, in 1952. Bamber and Wills eloped to Carson City, Nevada. The couple divorced in 1953. She was later married to Alan Grossman on July 12, 1954; the couple had two sons. Wills and Grossman divorced and she was remarried to Martin Colbert.

On October 24, 1963, Wills died in a house fire with her grandmother, Nina Davis, and two sons, Guy and Larry Grossman. She was 30 years old. Her mother, Joan, had previously died from a heart attack in 1961.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1938	Anaesthesia	Little girl	Uncredited
1945	George White's Scandals	Joan as a child
1948	Raw Deal	Girl	Uncredited
1948	Mickey	Cathy Williams
1952	Skirts Ahoy!	Boots	Uncredited
1953	Small Town Girl	Deidre
1953	The Life of Riley	Audrey	Episode: "Riley the Worrier"
1953 to 1954	I Married Joan	Beverly Grossman	5 episodes
1954	The Student Prince	Flirt	Uncredited
1956	The Millionaire	Barbara	Episode: "The Louise Williams Story"
1956	The People's Choice	Mandy's girlfriend	Episode: "Sock and the Mayor's Election"
1957	Matinee Theater		Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan"
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo	Sissy Stillwell	Episode: "Man in the Box"
1958	Date with the Angels		Episode: "Wheeler at the Cabin"
1958	Buckskin	Cassie	Episode: "Lament for Durango"
1959	Some Like It Hot	Dolores
1961	The Ladies Man	Miss Hypochondriac
1962	The Tall Man		Episode: "The Impatient Brides"
1963	Son of Flubber	Mother in commercial
1963	Vacation Playhouse	Clara Boone	Episode: "Hooray for Love"
1963	Petticoat Junction	Mrs. Norton	Episode: "Uncle Joe's Replacement"
1964	Mister Ed	Judy Price	Episode: "Ed the Shish Kebab"

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