Caryll Ann Ekelund (Caryll Ann Ekelund)

Caryll Ann Ekelund

Actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film, “The Blue Bird” (1940), in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. Her dress caught fire from a jack-o-lantern on Halloween night, October 31, 1939.  She died from the injuries on November 3, 1939.  At her funeral at Forest Lawn a few days later, her five brothers served as pallbearers while a quartet sang her favorite song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”  Her burial shroud was the unborn child toga from her role in the Shirley Temple film The Blue Bird.

Born

  • May, 06, 1935
  • USA

Died

  • November, 11, 1939
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
  • California
  • USA

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