Beverly D'Angelo Biography

Fast Facts

• Left home as a teenager to study art in Italy
• Worked as an illustrator at Hanna-Barbera Studios and as a singer before pursuing an interest in acting
• Made silver-screen debut in the 1979 film adaptation of the musical Hair
• Did all her own singing as Patsy Cline in 1980's Coal Miner's Daughter
• After her marriage to an Italian aristocrat ended, she took up with Irish writer-director Neil Jordan, who directed her in 1988's High Spirits and 1991's The Miracle
• Best known for her role as the matriarch of the quirky Griswold clan in the National Lampoon's Vacation films