Beverly Heather D'Angelo

The career of Beverly D'Angelo that spans more than more than four decades, is captivating as well as inspiring and nothing less than fascinating. Although she may have been in better films than what she typically appeared in, she was a fascinating character and the one to keep an eye on regardless of the role. Hollywood loved her bright persona, relaxed manner of speaking and her ability to steal scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", an artist and bass player who also served as the director of a TV station. Her birthplace was in Columbus, Ohio on November 15th, 1951. Howard Dwight Smith, her maternal grandfather was the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium architect at Ohio State University. Her mother had English, Irish, Scottish and German roots, while her father was of Italian descent. Beverly was educated in an American school in Florence, Italy. The first time she was attracted to art, Beverly worked as an animator and cartoonist for Hanna-Barbera Productions before moving to Canada to pursue a career in rock to make ends meet. she worked as a session vocalist and sang anyplace she could -- from bars with topless tables to coffeehouses. At some point, the teenager was invited to perform with the rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins. Beverly's acting career began when she left Hawkins and joined the Charlottetown Festival. While traveling Canada as Ophelia She was given the opportunity to appear in "Kronborg  1582" it is a rock musical rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw the potential in Beverly. In the end, the musical director Gower Champion was added to the equation and the show was completely revamped, becoming the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet", which went to Broadway in the year 1976. While the show itself was not long-lived but Beverly's Ophelia was well-received and she soon found herself on the West coast with film and television opportunities. She rarely returned to the stage following her time on stage, but 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 role. First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's starring role in Every Which Way but Loose (78) as well as the film adaptation of the popular counter-culture hit Hair (1979) included a number of her co-starring roles. Beverly's most memorable performance was in the role of Patsy Cline, the only coal miner's daughter (1980). Both she as well as Oscar award-winning Sissy Spacek (as co-country singer Loretta Lynn) proficiently performed their own vocals.




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