Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo's life, which spans forty years, is fascinating inspirational, inspiring, and certainly more than intriguing. Although she may have been in better films than what she usually found herself in, Beverly D'Angelo was a fascinating person to watch regardless of what role she was in. Not exactly a shrinking violet, Hollywood counted on her because of her vivid persona, casual manner of speaking and scene-stealing capabilities. Beverly Heather D'Angelo was the daughter of Eugene Constantino Gene "Gene" D'Angelo and Priscilla Ruth Smith who was a violinist and a bass player, who also owned a television station. Howard Dwight Smith, her maternal grandfather, was the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium architect at Ohio State University. Her mother was an English, Irish and Scottish-born mother. Her father was Italian. Beverly went to an American school in Florence. At first, she was drawn to art. Beverly worked as an animator and 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 singer-in-situ and sang anyplace she could -- from coffeehouses to topless bars. The teen was asked to join Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly began her career in acting when she joined the Charlottetown Festival repertory troupe and was dismissed by Hawkins. While touring Canada as Ophelia and Ophelia, she was offered the possibility of appearing in "Kronborg  1582", which is a rock musical rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw promise in Beverly. The show was later renamed Rockabye Hamlet after Gower Champion who was the musical director joined the show. The show was a bit short-lived, but Beverly's Ophelia attracted attention with its fine reviews. The show soon found her in the West Coast, with film and television opportunities. It was rare for her to return to the stage following that, but she did appear with Ed Harris in 1995's off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico" and was awarded the Theatre World Award. She appeared in the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976) and then played an insignificant role in The Sentinel (1977), and Annie Hall (1977), both Woody Allen classics. First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's starring role in Every Which Way but Loose (78) as well as the film version of the cult counter-culture hit Hair (1979) were a few of her co-starring roles. Beverly's most memorable performance was 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 voiced the characters.