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wills i married joan '' , 1954 . and tom peters on the set of '' 24 october 1963 palm springs , california , u.s. los angeles , california , u.s. 220px beverly wills 07 june 1933 lee alan grossman -lrb- 1954 & ndash ; 1958 -rrb- martin bamber colbert -lrb- 1960 & ndash ; 1963 -rrb- -lrb- 1952 & ndash ; 1953 -rrb- beverly wills tom peters i married joan 1954.jpg beverly wills
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beverly wills

beverly wills -lrb- june 7 , 1933 -- october 24 , 1963 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- when she was 11 years old .
`` mickey '' -lrb- 1948 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1952 -- 55 -rrb- .
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 '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- and `` son of flubber '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- .
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 .
