Beverly Wills (born Beverly Josephine Williams; June 7, 1933 – October 24, 1963) was an American television and film actress.
Biography She was born in Los Angeles to actress and comedian Joan Davis and actor and writer Si Wills. Wills made her film debut in George White's Scandals (1945) when she was age 11. Mickey (1948) followed three years later.
In 1952, at age 18, Wills appeared with her mother and Jim Backus in the TV comedy I Married Joan (1952–1955). She played the younger sister of her real-life mother. After the series ended its run, Wills appeared in four more films, including Some Like It Hot (1959) and Son of Flubber (1963).
Wills briefly dated actor James Dean in the early 1950s, when he was enrolled at the University of California in Los Angeles. Their relationship ended after Dean "exploded" when Wills was asked to dance by another man.
Wills married three times before the age of 30. Her 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 later married Alan Grossman on July 11, 1954; the couple had two sons. Wills and Grossman divorced, and she married Martin Colbert.
On October 24, 1963, Wills died in a house fire with her grandmother and both children from her second marriage. The fire started due to the 30-year-old Wills smoking in bed. Her mother, Joan, had died of a heart attack two years earlier at age 48.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1938 Anaesthesia Little girl short, uncredited 1945 George White's Scandals Joan as a child 1948 Raw Deal Girl uncredited Mickey Cathy Williams 1952 Skirts Ahoy! Boots uncredited 1953 Small Town Girl Deidre The Life of Riley Audrey 1 episode 1953–1955 I Married Joan Beverly Grossman 5 episodes 1954 The Student Prince Flirt uncredited 1956 The Millionaire Barbara episode: "The Louise Williams Story" The People's Choice Mandy's girlfriend episode: "Sock and the Mayor's Election" 1957 Matinee Theater episode: "Out of the Frying Pan" Tales of Wells Fargo Sissy Stillwell episode: "Man in the Box" 1958 Date with the Angels episode: "Wheeler at the Cabin" 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 Vacation Playhouse Clara Boone episode: "Hooray for Love" Petticoat Junction Mrs. Norton episode: "Uncle Joe's Replacement" 1964 Mister Ed Judy Price episode: "Ed the Shish Kebab"
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