Helen Beardsley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Beardsley

American writer

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1930

Date of Death: 26-Apr-2000

Profession: historian, memoirist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Helen Eileen Beardsley (née Brandmeir, formerly North; April 5, 1930 – April 26, 2000) was the mother of a noted blended family of twenty children — eight by her first marriage to Richard North, ten stepchildren from her second husband Frank Beardsley, and two that she and Frank had during their marriage.
She wrote a book, Who Gets the Drumstick?, about her blended family's experiences. The book was the basis for two motion pictures: the 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda; and a 2005 remake of the same film with Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid.