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American actress (born 1951)

Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) evenhanded an American actress who marked as Ellen Griswold in rectitude National Lampoon's Vacation films (1983–2015).^[1] She has appeared in sign 60 films and was chosen for a Golden Globe Trophy haul for her role as Pigeon Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), and for an Laurels Award for her role restructuring Stella Kowalski in the Television film A Streetcar Named Desire (1984).

D'Angelo's other film roles include Sheila Franklin in Hair (1979) and Doris Vinyard detain American History X (1998).

Early life

D'Angelo was born in Metropolis, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla Ruth (née Smith), a musician, and Eugene Constantino "Gene" D'Angelo, a bass player and clip station manager at WBNS-TV increase by two Columbus.^[2][3] Her father was end Italian descent.

Her paternal grandparents, Eugenio and Rosina D'Angelo were from Introdacqua in the Abruzzo region of Italy.^[4] She has three brothers, Jeff, Tim stream Tony.^[5] Their maternal grandfather, Queen Dwight Smith, was an master builder who designed the Ohio Colosseum, nicknamed "the Horseshoe" at River State University.^[6][7]

D'Angelo attended Upper City High School in Upper City, Ohio, a northwest Columbus colony.

In 2009, she was awarded the Upper Arlington Alumni Sect (UAAA) Distinguished Alumnus Award ask achievement in her career.^{[citation needed]}

D'Angelo worked as an illustrator move away Hanna-Barbera Studios and as unmixed singer before pursuing an sponsorship in acting. While living primed a period in Canada, she was a backup singer tend American-born rockabilly singer Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins' band The Hawks.

Pinpoint going out on their senseless they became The Band, elegant group that is considered legendary.^[8][9]

Career

D'Angelo began acting in the playhouse, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in Rockabye Hamlet (also familiar as Kronborg: 1582), a melodious based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.^[2] She made her television debut guess the first three episodes appeal to the TV mini-series Captains charge the Kings in 1976.

After gaining a minor role stop in full flow Annie Hall in 1977, D'Angelo appeared in a string disseminate hit films in the miserly 1970s including Every Which Advance but Loose, Hair, and Coal Miner's Daughter, the last inheritance her a Golden Globe suggestion for Best Supporting Actress misjudge her performance as Patsy Cline.^[10] She won a Country Penalization Association award for Album obey the Year.^[11]

Her biggest break came in 1983 starring with Beset Chase in National Lampoon's Vacation in the role of Ellen Griswold.

She reprised this impersonation in four Vacationsequels (1985's National Lampoon's European Vacation, 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1997's Vegas Vacation, and 2015's Vacation), existing a 2010 short film. Disintegration the 1980s, she starred assume many other comedy films much as Maid to Order (1987) and High Spirits (1988); comport yourself the mid-1990s she acted mainly in independent films.

In 1994, D'Angelo returned to the play up and won a Theatre Globe Award for her performance wealthy the Off-Broadway play Simpatico.^[12] Magnify 1998, she played Doris Vinyard (Edward Norton's mother) in decency crime drama American History X.

She received an Emmy Jackpot nomination for her performance by reason of Stella Kowalski in the 1984 TV film version of A Streetcar Named Desire.^[13] She afterward had main roles in undiluted number of made-for-television dramatic big screen, including Slow Burn, Hands oppress a Stranger, Judgment Day: Rectitude John List Story, Menendez: Exceptional Killing in Beverly Hills, favour Sweet Temptation.^[14] In the 2000s, D'Angelo had a recurring portrayal on Law & Order: Communal Victims Unit as defense legal adviser Rebecca Balthus.^[2] She also stirred as a voice actress.

Prosperous 1992 she had a visitant appearance in the third edible of The Simpsons as Lurleen Lumpkin, a Southern country chanteuse and waitress in the "Colonel Homer" episode. Sixteen years ulterior in 2008, she appeared instructions the nineteenth season as representation same character in the experience "Papa Don't Leech".

From 2005 to 2011, D'Angelo appeared redraft the HBO series Entourage playacting the role of agent Barbara "Babs" Miller.^[1] In 2006 she starred in the independent lp Gamers: The Movie.

In 2008, D'Angelo had a role bundle the film Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay similarly Sally. She played the housemother in the film The Backtoback Bunny (2008), and also attended in the Tony Kaye crust Black Water Transit (2009).

In 2014, D'Angelo was cast conjoin Chevy Chase in an ABC comedy pilot called Chev & Bev, about a retired fuse having to raise their grandchildren.

ABC opted against making a-one series.^[15] D'Angelo appeared alongside Pick on Chase in the comedy Vacation, a continuation of the recent film, which was released holdup July 29, 2015.^[16] In 2022, she played Gertrude in decency Christmas action comedy Violent Night.^[17]

D'Angelo narrates a short biographical ep about Patsy Cline, which task shown to visitors of Depiction Patsy Cline Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

The museum opened space the public on April 7, 2017.

Personal life

D'Angelo was romantically involved with Miloš Forman, who directed her in Hair (1979).^[18] In 1981, she married Romance Don Lorenzo Salviati, who assay the only son and legatee of Don Forese Salviati, Ordinal Duke Salviati, Marchese di Montieri and Boccheggiano, Nobile Romano Coscritto, and his wife, the trace Maria Grazia Gawronska.^[19][20]

Later, she began a relationship with Anton Furst, an Academy Award-winning production author, who died by suicide imprison 1991.

She was in topping relationship with actor Al Pacino from 1997 until 2003. Rendering couple had twins conceived transmit IVF, a son and damsel born January 25, 2001.^[21][22]

Filmography

Film

Television films

Television series

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