Beverly Heather D'Angelo

The career of Beverly D'Angelo has been fascinating, inspiring and always fascinating for four years. Although she may be deserving of better films than she generally found herself in, she nevertheless was always a source of fascination , and the person to watch...whatever the role. Hollywood was awed by her bright persona, relaxed manner of speaking and ability to take scenes. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", a bass player and musician who was also the manager of a television station. Her birthplace was in Columbus, Ohio on November 15th in 1951. Howard Dwight Smith was her maternal grandfather, and also the designer of the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium. Her mother was an English, Irish and Scottish-born mother. Her father was Italian. Beverly was educated in an American school in Florence, Italy. At first, she was awed by art. Beverly worked as an animator/cartoonist at Hanna-Barbera Productions before moving to Canada to pursue a career as a rock singer in order to earn a living. she was an accompanist for sessions and sang wherever she could -- from cafes to topless bars. The teenager was invited to join Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly started her career in acting when she was a part of the Charlottetown Festival repertory troupe and quit Hawkins. While touring Canada as Ophelia, she saw the possibility of appearing in "Kronborg : 1582" it is a rock musical version Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and noticed the promise of Beverly. Eventually the musical director Gower Champion joined the mix and the show was completely overhauled and became the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet", which was able to make its way to Broadway in 1976. Although the show was short-lived and a few years later, Beverly's Ophelia was a hit and soon she found herself in the West coast with film and TV opportunities. She never returned to the stage following the show, but she did appear as a star in Ed Harris' 1995 off-Broadway production Sam Shepard’s “Simpatico” that earned her a Theatre World Award. Parts in The Sentinel (1977), and Annie Hall (1977) were her first TV parts. First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's starring role in Every Which Way but Loose (78), and the film version of the cult counter-culture hit Hair (1979) were a few of her co-starring roles. Beverly's finest performance was of Patsy Cline (the one and only) in the biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). She and Oscar award-winning Sissy Spacek (as co-country singer Loretta Lynn) expertly supplied their own vocals.