Biography

Caryll Ann Ekelund was born on May 6, 1935 in Cottonwood, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on November 3, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

According to Shirley Temple, her co-star in The Blue Bird (1940), in her autobiography "Child Star," she was killed after a lighted birthday candle at home ignited her dress and burned her to death. Her five older brothers acted as pallbearers while a graveside quartet sung her favorite song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz (1939) when she was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Her burial shroud was the unborn child toga from her role in The Blue Bird (1940).

Older sister is Jana Lund. Her five older brothers are Edward E., Robert L., Darcy Lee, Gareth Paget and Ivan Noell.