Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo's career has been fascinating, inspiring and always entertaining for more than four decades. Although she may have been in better films than what she typically appeared in, Beverly D'Angelo was a fascinating person to keep an eye on no matter what the role. Hollywood was awed by her bright smile, charming personality, and ability to get scenes to steal. Beverly Heather D'Angelo was the daughter of Eugene Constantino Gene "Gene" D'Angelo and Priscilla Ruth Smith she was a violinist as well as bass player who also owned a television station. Her maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was the architect responsible for the design of the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium at Ohio State University. Her mother was an English, Irish and Scottish-born mother. Her father was Italian. Beverly attended 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 performer and sang wherever she could, from coffeehouses and bars with topless seats. She was invited to join Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly began her career in acting when she joined the Charlottetown Festival repertory troupe and then left Hawkins. While on tour in Canada, Ophelia was playing the character of Ophelia in "Kronborg 1582" an musical rock version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen Dewhurst saw potential in Beverly and the show. Then, Gower Champion was hired as the musical director. The show was completely reworked and became the rock musical "Rockabye Hamlet". It was brought to Broadway in the year 1976. While the show itself was only a short run but Beverly's Ophelia received a lot of attention and she soon found herself on the West coast with film and TV opportunities. She rarely returned to the stage following her time on stage, but she did appear with Ed Harris in 1995's off-Broadway production by Sam Shepard's "Simpatico", earning her Theatre World Award. The role she played in the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976) was followed by a small part in The Sentinel (1977) and in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall (1977). First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood-starrer Every Which Way but Loose (78), and the film version of the popular Counterculture Hair (1979) included a number of her co-starring roles. Beverly's most memorable performance was as Patsy Cline, the only coal miner's daughter (1980). She as well as Sissy Spacek, a fellow country singer Loretta Lynn, provided their singing with flair.



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