Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Exciting, fascinating, and never less than interesting -- key adjectives for describing the life of Beverly D'Angelo, which has been well past the four-decade mark. Although she might have been in more prestigious films than she typically appeared in, she was still a captivating persona and one to keep an eye on regardless of what role she was in. Hollywood was awed by her bright charisma, easygoing personality, and ability to take scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", musician and bass player, who was also the manager of a TV station. Her birthplace was in Columbus, Ohio on November 15th, 1951. Her maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was the architect who designed the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium at Ohio State University. Her mother is from German, Irish, Scottish and German descent, while her father was Italian. Beverly went to an American school in Florence. Beverly began her career as an animator/cartoonist with Hanna-Barbera Productions. After moving to Canada, Beverly became a session singer who sang everywhere she could, including coffeehouses and bars with topless seats. At some point, the teenager was asked to sing with rockabilly legendary Ronnie Hawkins. Beverly started her acting career when she was a part of the Charlottetown Festival repertory troupe and was dismissed by Hawkins. She was traveling across Canada as Ophelia in "Kronborg 1582" which was a musical that was a rock version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" when the well-known Colleen Dewhurst caught a performance and was impressed by the potential of Beverly and the show. In the end, the musical director Gower Champion joined the equation and the show was completely revamped, becoming the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet" that eventually was able to make its way to Broadway in 1976. Although the show was short-lived Beverly's Ophelia was a hit, and soon she found herself in the West coast with TV and film opportunities. The actress never made it back to the stage after her time on stage, but she did appear alongside Ed Harris in 1995's off-Broadway production, Sam Shepard's "Simpatico" which earned her a 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. A string of co-starring roles were followed by 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 best performance was that of Patsy Cline (the one and only) in the biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). SissySpacek who was another country star and Loretta Lynn's Oscar winner, also expertly voiced the characters.



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