Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Intriguing, inspiring as well as always 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 what she often appeared in, Beverly D'Angelo was an intriguing person to keep an eye on regardless of the role. Hollywood admired her vibrant persona, easy-going manner and her ability to steal scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", a bass player and musician, who also served as the director of a TV station. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 15th the 15th of November, 1951. Howard Dwight Smith, her maternal grandfather was the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium architect at Ohio State University. Her mother was an English, Irish and Scottish-born mother. Her father was Italian. Beverly had 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, from coffeehouses and topless bars. The young singer was asked to sing with Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly's acting career began when she left the Hawkins band and joined the Charlottetown Festival repertory company. She was traveling across Canada as Ophelia in "Kronborg: 1582" the rock musical version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" when the renowned Colleen Dewhurst stumbled across a show and saw promise in both Beverly and the show. Eventually musical director Gower Champion was added to the mix and the show was completely revamped, becoming the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet" that eventually made its way to Broadway in 1976. Although the show was short-lived Beverly's Ophelia was a hit, and soon she found herself on the West coast with TV and film opportunities. From that point on she never made it back to the stage but did star alongside Ed Harris in the 1995 off-Broadway show of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico" which was a huge success and earned her an Theatre World Award. A role in the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976) brought her small roles in The Sentinel (1977) and in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall (1977). A number of co-starring roles followed with First Love (1977), the Clint Eastwood starrer Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and the film adaptation of the hit counterculture musical Hair (1979). Beverly's most memorable appearance was in the role of Patsy Cline, the only coal miner's daughter (1980). SissySpacek from another country artist, Loretta Lynn's Oscar winner, also expertly voiced the characters.



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