18 Facts About Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly Heather D'Angelo was born on November 15,1951 and is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films.

Beverly D'Angelo has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter, and for an Emmy Award for her role as Stella Kowalski in the TV film A Streetcar Named Desire.

Beverly D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla Ruth, a violinist, and Eugene Constantino "Gene" Beverly D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager at WBNS-TV in Columbus.

Beverly D'Angelo attended Upper Arlington High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a northwest Columbus suburb.

Beverly D'Angelo worked as an illustrator at Hanna-Barbera Studios and as a singer before pursuing an interest in acting.

Beverly D'Angelo began acting in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in Rockabye Hamlet, a musical based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Beverly D'Angelo made her television debut in the first three episodes of the TV mini-series Captains and the Kings in 1976.

Beverly D'Angelo won a Country Music Association award for Album of the Year.

Beverly D'Angelo reprised this role in four Vacation sequels, and the 2010 short film Hotel Hell Vacation.

In 1994, Beverly D'Angelo returned to the stage and won a Theatre World Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play Simpatico.

Beverly D'Angelo received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1984 TV film version of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Beverly D'Angelo later had main roles in a number of made-for-television dramatic films, including Slow Burn, Hands of a Stranger, Judgment Day: The John List Story, Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, and Sweet Temptation.

From 2005 to 2011, Beverly D'Angelo appeared in the HBO series Entourage playing the role of agent Barbara "Babs" Miller.

Beverly D'Angelo played the housemother in the film The House Bunny, and appeared in the Tony Kaye film Black Water Transit.

Beverly D'Angelo later made appearances in the television series Mom, Shooter, and Insatiable.

Beverly D'Angelo narrates a short biographical film about Patsy Cline, which is shown to visitors of The Patsy Cline Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

Beverly D'Angelo was romantically involved with Milos Forman, who directed her in Hair.

Beverly D'Angelo was in a relationship with actor Al Pacino from 1997 until 2003.