A Tragic House Fire in Palm Springs Wipes Out TV Icon’s Family: Beverly Wills (1933-1963)

Visit to the graves of Beverly Wills and Nina Mae Davis, the daughter and mother, respectively, of TV icon Joan Davis (1907-1961) who were both killed, along with Beverly’s 2 young sons, in a horrific house fire in Palm Springs in 1963. Beverly was an actress in her own right, and outside of appearing in the 2nd season of her mother’s 1952-55 sitcom, “I Married Joan,” is probably best known for her appearance in the 1959 film, “Some Like it Hot,” with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Joan Davis tried mightily to make her daughter an even bigger star than she was, but it never quite worked out for Beverly. Beverly had just landed a role on a short-lived sitcom with John McGiver, “Many Happy Returns,” when she fell asleep while smoking, causing a house fire that killed Beverly and, ultimately, her 2 boys, Guy and Larry, as well as her grandmother, Nina Mae Davis. If you’d like to learn more about Beverly Wills and her mother Joan Davis, please check out the following videos and web links: ‪@DearlyDepartedTours‬ Video of the Palm Springs’ House where the Fire Occurred, Visits to Joan Davis Final Resting Place and Beverly’s 2 Sons, Guy and Larry Grossman    • TV Icon Joan Davis' DEATH and the TRAGIC F...   “The Unsung Joe: Beverly Wills” - an EXCELLENT blog/article on Beverly’s short life and Joan Davis’ attempts at making Beverly a Hollywood star https://morethanyouneededtoknow.typep... Beverly’s Scene in “Some Like it Hot” (1959)    • Some Like It Hot   Train Party Scene   Beverly in a Season 2 episode of “I Married Joan” - Dented Fender ‪@JoanDavisChannel‬    • I Married Joan S2-21 "Dented Fender" 03/03...   Desert Sun newspaper article, “Blaze Kills 4 Here: Joan Davis’ Family Dies Mother, Daughter, 2 Grandchildren Fire Victims,” October 24, 1963 https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS1963102... Find-A-Grave: Beverly Wills (1933-1963) - erroneously listed as “Beverly Willis” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2... Wikipedia: Beverly Wills https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bever... P.S. Sorry about the cicadas buzzing throughout the video! #PalmSprings #DesertMemorialPark #BeverlyWills #JoanDavis #IMarriedJoan #HouseFire #Fire #Tragedy #CemeteryExploration #Cemetery #FamousGraves #Grave #Graves #CathedralCity #PalmSpringsHistory #California #CaliforniaHistory #Death #SomeLikeItHot