Dovie Beams

Dovie Beams Villagran (born Dovie Leona Osborne, 5 August 1932 – 30 December 2017 ) was an American actress, best known for having an illicit sexual affair with then Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos from 1968 to 1970.

Early life Dovie Beams was the daughter of Theodore Halems Osborne (1909—1975) and Mildred Esther Jakes (1913—2002).

Beams first married and later divorced Edward Walker Boehms (1925—2016). She was granted a divorce due to irreconcilable differences in 1962. They had one child together on 24 September 1955, a daughter named Dena Boehms Walters.

After the sexual affair and scandal that ensued in the Philippines, Beams started her own real estate agency in Glendale, California, and married Sergio Fausto Villagran (born 1936). They divorced in 1988.

Recorded sexual affair with Ferdinand Marcos Sr. In 1970, a scandal hit the Philippines over the stormy break-up between then President Ferdinand Marcos and his mistress of two years, Dovie Beams. On many occasions, she had hidden a tape recorder under a bed while having sex with the president.

American historian Sterling Seagrave wrote the following regarding the tapes:

According to Herminio Rotea Philippine author Hermie Rotea wrote in his book on the scandal that Beams, besides weakening Marcos' status, had had a positive influence of empowering modern women in Philippine society:

“In the beginning, (birth-control pills) were banned because of their alleged harmful effects and the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church. But Dovie had told Marcos:

"Look at me. I have been taking birth control pills for years and you don't see anything wrong with me—do you?"

Thus after that they brought birth control pills into the Philippines, and now the people were free to make their own decisions regarding having or not having babies.” Attorney Mr. James Ian Stang at the Los Angeles Superior Court testified for the prosecution.

Later years and death On 7 October 2013, Imelda Marcos declared on a public televised interview with TV presenter Solita Monsod that Beams was innocent of her sexual encounter with Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. She revealed that Beams personally wrote a correspondence to her on 10 April 1986 in Hawaii asking forgiveness for purportedly being used by foreign American agents as a proxy spy to disrupt the physical health and political stability of her husband. Imelda Marcos also stated that she "pitied" Beams for being caught in the public scandal that ensued prior to her leaving the Philippines.

Journalist George Sison narrated how Imelda Marcos confronted Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. one night after getting a tape that included audio recordings of Beams and Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. having sex:

On 30 December 2017, Beams died in Nashville, Tennessee due to lung cancer and comorbidity, associated with both alcohol and long-term tobacco use.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1969 Wild Wheels Ann 1973 Guns of a Stranger Virginia Duncan 1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie Concubine (final film role) 1987 Maharlika Isabella Completed in 1970a.k.a. Guerrilla Strike Force (International English title)