Beverly Heather D'Angelo
Intriguing, inspiring and never less than interesting -- key adjectives when describing the career of Beverly D'Angelo, which has already passed the four-decade mark. Even though she was in better films than the ones she often appeared in, Beverly D'Angelo was an intriguing person you should keep an eye on no matter what the role. A far cry from the shrinking violet, Hollywood counted on her for her colorful appearance, affable manner and ability to steal scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", an artist and bass player, who was also the managing director of a TV station. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 15 the 15th of November, 1951. Howard Dwight Smith was her maternal grandfather, and also the designer of the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium. Her mother was an English, Irish and Scottish-born mother. Her father was Italian. Beverly has attended an American school in Florence, Italy. Beverly was at first drawn to the arts and was an animator/cartoonist with Hanna-Barbera Productions. She then moved to Canada to pursue a career in rock singing. To earn a living she performed wherever she could anywhere from topless bars to coffeehouses. The teen was asked to join Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly's acting career began when she quit Hawkins and joined Charlottetown Festival. While touring Canada as Ophelia and Ophelia, she was offered the opportunity to perform in "Kronborg : 1582", which is a rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw the potential in Beverly. The show was later renamed Rockabye Hamlet after Gower Champion, the musical director, became part of the cast. The show was a bit short-lived, but Beverly's Ophelia was a hit and received high-profile notices. She soon found herself on the West Coast, securing television and film roles. After this point she never made it back to the stage, but she did appear with Ed Harris in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Sam shepard's "Simpatico", which earned her a Theatre World Award. She was part of the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976), and later played an insignificant role 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) as well as the film version of the hit counter-culture hit Hair (1979) included a number of the co-starring roles she played. Beverly's most memorable role was as Patsy Cline, the only coal miner's daughter (1980). Both she and Oscar award-winning Sissy Spacek (as fellow country singer Loretta Lynn) effortlessly sung their own singing.


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