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- Birth nameJosephine Beverly Williams
- Beverly Wills was born in Los Angeles, California on June 7, 1934. The daughter of actress Joan Davis, Beverly, too, would enter acting, but would not be as successful as her mother. She only appeared in six films, one TV series, and two guest appearances elsewhere. Her first film was in 1945, when Beverly made her 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, Beverly appeared with her mother and Jim Backus in the TV comedy, I Married Joan (1952). In this, she played the sister to her real-life mother. After the series had its run, Beverly appeared in only four more films, the last being Son of Flubber (1962) in a menial role. Later that year, Beverly died in a house fire with her grandmother and two sons. She was just 30 years old. Her mother, Joan, had passed on two years before.
- IMDb mini biography by: Denny Jackson
- SpousesMartin Colbert(November 13, 1960 - October 24, 1963) (her death)Alan Norton Grossman(July 11, 1954 - 1960) (divorced, 2 children)Ora Lee Bamber(June 22, 1952 - 1953) (divorced)
- The daughter of Joan Davis and Si Wills, Beverly Wills had two children: Guy Steven Grossman (born December 17, 1955) and Laurance S. Grossman (born September 8, 1959). Wills, her sons, and her grandmother, Nina Davis, all perished on October 24, 1963 in their home at 1983 Yucca Place, Palm Springs, California. The fire, apparently sparked after Wills fell asleep while smoking, destroyed the home's master bedroom (where the 4 victims were found), with the rest of the 1958 structure sustaining smoke damage. The Palm Springs home of Wills' late mother, comedienne Joan Davis, also still exists at 1400 Tamarisk Road.
- Was a regular companion of James Dean during the summer, while he was a student at UCLA.
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