Beverly D'Angelo

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Biography

A striking and sultry blue-eyed blonde performer, Beverly D'Angelo could be a household name, if only she cared to be. Multi-talented, she first gravitated to art, working in the animation department of Hanna-Barbera before moving to Canada to pursue her singing career, most notably with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins. It was there that Gower Champion spotted her and cast her as Ophelia in his Canadian production of "Rockabye, Hamlet" …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

November 15, 1951

Career Milestones

2005

Joined the hit HBO series "Entourage,' playing the role of agent Barbara 'Babs' Miller

2003

Guest-starred on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

2000

Co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Talk to Me"

1999

Delivered a delicious cameo as a wealthy former call girl in "Sugar Town"

1999

Co-starred opposite Donal McCann in "Illuminata", playing husband and wife theater managers at the turn of the 20th Century

1999

Played recurring role as a predatory film producer in the Showtime comedy series "Rude Awakening"

1998

Appeared in Tony Kaye's "American History X"

1997

Reprised Ellen Griswold role for fourth vacation movie with Chase, "Vegas Vacation"; sang "Lovin' You"

1996

Picked up associate producer credit for "Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills" (also starred)

1994

Portrayed Kitty Menendez in miniseries "Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills" (CBS)

1994

Starred opposite Ed Harris in Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico"

1991

Played mysterious woman in Neil Jordan's "The Miracle"

1990

Sang eight songs for soundtrack and acted in "Daddy's Dyin' . . . Who's Got the Will?"

1985

Acted in John Cassavetes' "Big Trouble"

1984

Portrayed Stella in ABC TV remake of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", starring Ann-Margret and Treat Williams

1983

Portrayed Ellen Griswold opposite Chevy Chase's Clark Griswold in "National Lampoon's Vacation", the first of four "Vacation" movies with Chase

1981

First of three movies with director John Schlesinger, "Honky Tonk Freeway"

1980

Played Patsy Cline in Michael Apted's "Coal Miner's Daughter"; did her own vocals to Cline's songs in movie

1977

Screen acting debut in "The Sentinel" (shot after "Annie Hall", in which D'Angelo also appeared, but released earlier in the year)

1976

TV debut in NBC miniseries "Captains and the Kings"

1976

Broadway debut as Ophelia in "Rockabye, Hamlet"

Discovered by Gower Champion who cast her in "Rockabye, Hamlet" for small Canadian repertory company

Performed with rock band Elephant

Worked as cartoonist with Hanna-Barbera Studios drawing puffs of smoke in the background of "The Flintstones", among other cartoons

1970

Moved to Hollywood

Awards

1984

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in A Streetcar Named Desire

1980

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Coal Miner's Daughter