Biography
Beverly D'Angelo is an American actress. Born on 15 November 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, she began her career as a singer, performing with groups including Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, and worked as an animator at Hanna-Barbera Studios. She made her Broadway debut in the 1976 production of Rockabye Hamlet and appeared in a minor role in Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977).
D'Angelo gained wider recognition for her role as Sheila in Hair (1979) and as Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She is best known for playing Ellen Griswold opposite Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon's Vacation series (1983–2015). Other notable film roles include Doris Vinyard in American History X (1998). She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1984 television film of A Streetcar Named Desire.
