Born 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, American actress Beverly D’Angelo began acting in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in Rockabye Hamlet, a musical based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She made her television debut in the first three episodes of the TV mini-series Captains and the Kings in 1976.
After gaining a minor role in Annie Hall in 1977, D’Angelo appeared in a string of hit movies in the late 1970s including Every Which Way But Loose, Hair, and Coal Miner’s Daughter, the last earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Patsy Cline. She won a Country Music Association award for Album of the Year.
D’Angelo also received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1984 TV movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her other film roles include Sheila Franklin in Hair (1979) and Doris Vinyard in American History X (1998).
Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of young Beverly D’Angelo in the 1970s and 1980s.
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