Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Exciting, fascinating, and never less than captivating -- some of the adjectives used when describing the career of Beverly D'Angelo, which has already passed the four-decade mark. Even though she was in better films than she often appeared in, Beverly D'Angelo was still an interesting character and the one you should keep an eye on regardless of what role she was in. A far cry from the shrinking violet, Hollywood counted on her for her colorful character, laid-back manner of life and scene-stealing capabilities. Beverly Heather D'Angelo was born on November 15, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of musicians Priscilla Ruth (Smith) violinist as well as Eugene Constantino "Gene" D'Angelo as a bass player. She also managed a TV station. Howard Dwight Smith, her maternal grandfather, was the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium architect at Ohio State University. Her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and German heritage, and her father was of Italian descent. Beverly went to an American school in Florence. Beverly was initially drawn to art and became an animator/cartoonist with Hanna-Barbera Productions. She then relocated to Canada to pursue a career in rock music. In order to make ends meet, she sang anywhere 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 left the Hawkins band and was a part of the Charlottetown Festival repertory company. While traveling Canada as Ophelia She was given the possibility of appearing in "Kronborg  1582" it is a musical rock version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw the potential in Beverly. Then, musical director Gower Champion was added to the equation and the show was completely changed, resulting in the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet" that went to Broadway in 1976. The show ran for a short time, however Beverly's Ophelia attracted attention with its fine reviews. The show soon found her on West Coast with television and film roles. Following this she never made it back to the stage, but she did appear alongside Ed Harris in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico", which earned her the Theatre World Award. A role in the TV mini-series Captains and the Kings (1976) led to bit parts in The Sentinel (1977) and in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall (1977). First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's co-starring film Every Which Way but Loose (78) as well as the film version of the popular counter-culture hit Hair (1979) were just a few of the co-starring roles she played. The most memorable thing for Beverly was her powerhouse lead role as the sole Patsy Cline in the acclaimed biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Both she as well as Oscar winner Sissy Spacek (as co-country singer Loretta Lynn) proficiently performed their own vocals.



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