Beverly Heather D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo's entire career that spans nearly forty years, is fascinating as well as inspiring and nothing less than intriguing. Although she was most likely than the roles she performed, she was an intriguing character worth watching regardless of the role she played. Hollywood was impressed by her energetic persona, easy-going manner, and scene-stealing abilities. Beverly Heather D'Angelo is the daughter of Eugene Constantino "Gene", who was a musician and bassist, who was also the head of the management of a TV station. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 15th, 1951. Howard Dwight Smith was her maternal grandfather and the architect of the Ohio ("Horseshoe") Stadium. Her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and German roots, while her father was of Italian descent. Beverly attended an American school in Florence. Beverly began her profession as an animator/cartoonist for Hanna-Barbera Productions. After moving to Canada, Beverly became a session singer , and performed wherever she could in cafes and bars with topless seats. The young singer was asked to join Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly legend. Beverly's acting career began after she left Hawkins and joined Charlottetown Festival. While touring Canada as Ophelia She was given the opportunity to perform in "Kronborg  1582" it is a rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Colleen dewhurst was there and saw promise in Beverly. In the end, musical director Gower Champion joined the mix and the show was overhauled and became the musical rock "Rockabye Hamlet" which eventually was able to make its way to Broadway in the year 1976. While the show was brief, Beverly's Ophelia received a lot of attention and soon she found herself on the West coast with film and TV opportunities. Following this she was never back on the stage, but she did appear with Ed Harris in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Sam shepard's "Simpatico", which earned her the Theatre World Award. A role in the TV mini-series Captains and the Kings (1976) brought her small roles in The Sentinel (1977) and in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall (1977). First Love (1977), Clint Eastwood's starring role in Every Which Way but Loose (78) and the film adaptation of the popular counter-culture hit Hair (1979) were just a few of the co-starring roles she played. Beverly's most memorable role was as Patsy Cline, the only coal miner's daughter (1980). Both she as well as Oscar winner Sissy Spacek (as the country singer Loretta Lynn) effortlessly sung their own singing.