Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo's entire career that spans over forty years, is fascinating inspirational, inspiring, and certainly more than fascinating. Although she was probably better suited for the roles she played, she was an interesting character to be watched no matter the role she played. She was not the shrinking violet kind, Hollywood counted on her for her lively appearance, affable manner and ability to steal scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo was born on November 15, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of musicians Priscilla Ruth (Smith) violinist, and Eugene Constantino "Gene" D'Angelo as a bass player. She also ran a television station. Her maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was the architect who designed the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium at Ohio State University. Her mother was from German, Irish, Scottish and German descent, and her father was Italian. Beverly has attended an American school in Florence, Italy. Beverly began her career as an animator/cartoonist with Hanna-Barbera Productions. After moving to Canada, Beverly became a session singer and sang wherever she could in cafes and bars with topless seats. Ronnie Hawkins invited Beverly to join his rockabilly group at one point. Beverly's acting career took off after she quit the Hawkins group and became part of the Charlottetown Festival repertory company. She was traveling across Canada in the role of Ophelia in "Kronborg 1582", a musical that was a rock version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" when the world-renowned Colleen Dewhurst caught a performance and saw promise in both Beverly and the production. The show was renamed Rockabye Hamlet after Gower Champion who was the musical director was added to the mix. The show, though short-lived, Beverly's Ophelia was a hit and she soon found herself in the West coast with TV and film opportunities. She never returned to the stage following this, but she did appear alongside Ed Harris in 1995's off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico" and was awarded the Theatre World Award. She was a part of the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976) and then played the role of a minor character in The Sentinel (1977), and Annie Hall (1977), both Woody Allen classics. First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's co-starring film Every Which Way but Loose (78) and the film version of the popular Counterculture Hair (1979) were some of her co-starring roles. Beverly's finest performance was of Patsy Cline (the one and only) in the biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). She and Sissy Spacek, who was a co-star with country singer Loretta Lynn, each provided the vocals with aplomb.




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