Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Exciting, fascinating as well as always interesting -- key adjectives to describe the work of Beverly D'Angelo, which has more than four decades of success. While she might have appeared in better films than the ones she was usually in, Beverly D'Angelo was still an interesting persona and one to be on the lookout for no matter what the role. Hollywood loved her bright persona, relaxed manner of speaking, and ability to take scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo was born on the 15th of November 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of the musicians Priscilla Ruth (Smith) who was a 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 ancestry, and her father was of Italian descent. Beverly has attended an American school in Florence, Italy. Beverly began her profession as an animator/cartoonist for Hanna-Barbera Productions. After moving to Canada, Beverly became a session performer and sang wherever she could, from coffeehouses and bars with topless seats. The young singer was asked to sing with Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly began her acting career when she was a part of the Charlottetown Festival repertory troupe and was dismissed by Hawkins. While traveling Canada as Ophelia, she saw the opportunity to perform in "Kronborg  1582" it is a rock musical version Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw promise in Beverly. In the end, the musical director Gower Champion joined the equation and the show was changed, resulting in the rock musical "Rockabye Hamlet" which eventually made its way to Broadway in the year 1976. The show ran for a short time, however Beverly's Ophelia received acclaim. It was soon clear that she would be in the West Coast, with television and film roles. The actress never made it back to the stage after the show, however she did appear alongside Ed Harris in 1995's off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico" which earned her a Theatre World Award. Parts of The Sentinel (1977), and Annie Hall (1977) were her first TV part. First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood-starrer Every Which Way but Loose (78) as well as the film version of the cult counterculture song Hair (1979) were just a few of her co-starring roles. Most memorable for Beverly was her dazzling featured performance as the one-and-only Patsy Cline in the acclaimed biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Both she and Oscar award-winning Sissy Spacek (as co-country singer Loretta Lynn) performed with ease and skill. vocals.