Helen Beardsley

**Helen Eileen Beardsley** (née **Brandmeir**, wacce a da take **Arewa** ; 5 ga Afrilu, 1930 &#x2013; 26 ga Afrilu, 2000) ta kasance uwa ga wani sanannen iyali mai 'ya'ya ashirin &#x2014; takwas daga aurenta na farko da Richard North, 'ya'ya goma daga mijinta na biyu Frank Beardsley, da kuma biyu da ita da Frank suka haifa a lokacin aurensu. Ta rubuta littafi, *Who Gets the Drumstick?,* game da abubuwan da suka faru da danginta.

Littafin ya zama tushen fina-finai guda biyu: fim ɗin 1968, *Yours, Mine and Ours*, wanda Lucille Ball da Henry Fonda suka fito a ciki; da kuma fim ɗin da aka sake yi a shekarar 2005 mai suna iri ɗaya, wanda Rene Russo da Dennis Quaid suka fito a ciki.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Helen Eileen Brandmeir a shekarar 1930 a Seattle, Washington . Mahaifinta yana da injin niƙa katako, wanda ya fuskanci matsananciyar damuwa a lokacin Babban Bala'in Tattalin Arziki . Daga baya Helen ta bayyana yadda lura da mahaifinta zai tsara halayenta, musamman yadda zai koya mata daraja 'yancin kai da kuma magance matsaloli. 

Brandmeir ta yi karatun aikin jinya a Seattle. A shekarar 1949 tana da shekaru 19, ta auri Richard North, babban jami'in soja a lokacin, a lokacin yana da shekaru 11 kuma ta haifi 'ya'ya takwas. A shekarar 1960, an tura sojojin Arewa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, kuma Helen tana da ciki na watanni shida da 'yarta ta takwas, Teresa Rose. A yanzu haka ita ce laftana, ƙaramin aji kuma mai tuka jirgin sama na A-3 Skywarrior, North, an kashe ta a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1960, lokacin da jirgin A-3 da yake shawagi ya kauce daga titin jirgin sama lokacin da yake tashi a NAS Whidbey Island/ Ault Field kuma ya yi hatsari a cikin jirgin. Ruwa mai tsawon  .  

Bayan haihuwar Teresa a watan Agusta na 1960 a Oak Harbor, Washington, North ta koma San Leandro, California . A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1961, ta auri mijinta na biyu, Babban Jami'in Warrant Francis Louis "Frank" Beardsley, USN, wanda a lokacin ya yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Ma'aikata a Makarantar Digiri na Biyu ta Sojojin Ruwa da ke Monterey, California . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Wani bazawara, Frank Beardsley, ya kawo 'ya'ya 10 daga aurensa na farko; tare da 'ya'ya takwas da Helen ta haifa, sabbin ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya 18. A lokacin auren, Beardsleys sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu na kansu. A shekarar 1964, sun ɗauki 'ya'yan juna bisa doka. Duk da cewa Helen ta yi iƙirarin a cikin littafinta cewa yaran sun amince da shawarar canza sunayensu daga Arewa zuwa Beardsley, biyar daga cikinsu sun canza sunayensu tun suna manya.  Babban dangin da ya haifar ya haifar da sha'awar Beardsleys a duk faɗin ƙasar, musamman kan yadda Frank da Helen suka tafiyar da harkokin yau da kullun na renon babban iyali. Yaɗa labarai da kulawa sun bi sahun iyalin. Beardsleys sun sami wasu kwangilolin amincewa da shahararru, kuma sun sayar da haƙƙin labarinsu ga Desilu Productions . Daga nan Desilu ta shirya fina-finai na farko daga cikin biyu bisa ga soyayyar Beardsley, aure, da kuma babban iyali. Helen Beardsley ta kuma bayyana a shirin talabijin na *To Tell the Truth* don ba da labarin danginta; ta yaudari biyu daga cikin masu gabatar da jawabai huɗu. 

Bayan shekaru 30 yana aiki a rundunar sojojin ruwa, Frank Beardsley ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1966. Da yake neman sayen kasuwanci, a shekarar 1968 ya sayi wani shagon sayar da goro da alewa mai suna Morrow's Nut House a Monterey, California. 

Frank Beardsley ne ya gudanar da kasuwancin tare da taimakon manyan yaran, ciki har da 'ya'ya maza biyu waɗanda suka dawo daga aiki a rundunar sojojin ruwa. A lokacin, Helen ta yi aiki a Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Gwamna Ronald Reagan kan Matsayin Mata a wancan lokacin.  Daga baya, iyalin sun mallaki gidajen burodi guda uku. 

Auren Frank da Helen Beardsley ya ɗauki tsawon shekaru 30, har sai da ta bar shi lokacin da lafiyarta ta fara tabarbarewa. Ta mutu a Healdsburg, California, a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 2000, tana da shekaru 70, sakamakon cutar Parkinson da kuma bugun jini. Daga baya Frank Beardsley ya sake yin aure. Ya mutu a ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2012, yana da shekaru 97.  A shekarar 2013, ɗan Helen Thomas North ya buga wani littafi inda ya zargi mahaifin riƙonsa da cin zarafin jiki da na motsin rai. 

A cewar Kermit Schafer, fitaccen marubucin littattafai da yawa kan labaran talabijin, wani memba na masu kallo a shirin The Tonight Show ya yi ba'a sosai lokacin da Beardsleys suka fito a shirin tare da duk waɗannan yaran. Iyalin sun fito daga kan dandamali, kuma shirin ya ƙare da hutun kasuwanci. Johnny Carson ya yi mamakin babban iyalin kuma ya ce, "Ina da yara uku kacal. Ban san yadda suke yin sa ba." Wani da ke zaune a kan kujerun ya miƙe tsaye ya ce, "Oh, eh, kai ma haka!"

Beardsley ta bayyana kanta a shirin talabijin na CBS na ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 1965 na shirin *To Tell the Truth*, inda ta sami ƙuri'u biyu daga cikin huɗu. 

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