Editing Beverly D'Angelo (section)

==Career==
D'Angelo began acting in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in ''[[Rockabye Hamlet]]'' (also known as ''Kronborg: 1582''), a musical based on Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref name=yahoo/> She made her television debut in the first three episodes of the TV mini-series ''[[Captains and the Kings (miniseries)|Captains and the Kings]]'' in 1976.

After gaining a minor role in ''[[Annie Hall]]'' in 1977, D'Angelo appeared in a string of hit films in the late 1970s including ''[[Every Which Way but Loose]]'', ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'', and ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'', the last earning her a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as [[Patsy Cline]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1981/all#category-1891|title=Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (1981)|website=GoldenGlobes.com|publisher=[[Golden Globe Award]]s|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> She won a [[Country Music Association]] award for Album of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmaawards.cmaworld.com/docs/default-document-library/top-cma-award-nominees.pdf|title=Top CMA Award Nominees|publisher=[[Country Music Association]]|access-date=October 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402014816/http://cmaawards.cmaworld.com/docs/default-document-library/top-cma-award-nominees.pdf|archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>

Her biggest break came in 1983 starring with [[Chevy Chase]] in ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'' in the role of Ellen Griswold. She reprised this role in four ''Vacation'' ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)|sequels]]'' (1985's ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'', 1989's ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'', 1997's ''[[Vegas Vacation]]'', and 2015's ''[[Vacation (2015 film)|Vacation]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/34181/-deepwater-vacation-reboot-get-new-dates|title="Deepwater", "Vacation" Reboot Get New Dates|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701140023/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/34181/-deepwater-vacation-reboot-get-new-dates|archive-date=July 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>), and the 2010 short film ''[[Hotel Hell Vacation]]''. In the 1980s, she starred in many other comedy films such as ''[[Maid to Order]]'' (1987) and ''[[High Spirits (film)|High Spirits]]'' (1988); in the mid-1990s she acted primarily in independent films. In 1994, D'Angelo returned to the stage and won a [[Theatre World Award]] for her performance in the Off-Broadway play ''[[Simpatico (play)|Simpatico]]''.<ref>{{IOBDB name|6967|Beverly D'Angelo}}</ref> In 1998, she played Doris Vinyard (the mother of [[Edward Norton]]'s character) in the crime drama ''[[American History X]]''.

She received an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1984 TV film version of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/beverly-dangelo |title=Beverly D'Angelo &#124; Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> She later had main roles in a number of made-for-television dramatic films, including ''[[Slow Burn (1986 film)|Slow Burn]]'' (1986), ''Hands of a Stranger'' (1987), ''[[Judgment Day: The John List Story]]'' (1993), ''[[Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills]]'' (1994), and ''[[Sweet Temptation (film)|Sweet Temptation]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|author=John P. McCarthy|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/sweet-temptation-1200445445|title=Sweet Temptation|publisher=Variety|date=March 5, 1996|access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> In the 2000s, D'Angelo had a recurring role on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as defense attorney Rebecca Balthus.<ref name=yahoo/> She also worked as a voice actress. In 1992 she had a guest appearance in the third season of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]], a Southern [[country music|country singer]] and waitress in the "[[Colonel Homer]]" episode. Sixteen years later in 2008, she appeared in the nineteenth season as the same character in the episode "[[Papa Don't Leech]]".
[[File:Beverly D'Angelo 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|D'Angelo in 2012]]
From 2005 to 2011, D'Angelo appeared in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' playing the role of agent Barbara "Babs" Miller.<ref name=rottentomatoes/> In 2006 she starred in the independent film ''[[Gamers: The Movie]]''. In 2008, D'Angelo had a role in the film ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'' as Sally. She played the housemother in the film ''[[The House Bunny]]'' (2008), and also appeared in the Tony Kaye film ''[[Black Water Transit]]'' (2009).

In 2014, D'Angelo was cast alongside Chevy Chase in an ABC comedy pilot called ''Chev & Bev'', about a retired couple having to raise their grandchildren. ABC opted against making a series.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hibberd|first=James|title=ABC rejects Chevy Chase 'Vacation' reunion sitcom|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/05/08/chevy-chase-vacation|access-date=June 24, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 8, 2015}}</ref> She later made appearances in the television series ''[[Mom (TV series)|Mom]]'', ''[[Shooter (TV series)|Shooter]]'', and ''[[Insatiable (TV series)|Insatiable]]''. In 2022, she played Gertrude in the Christmas action comedy ''[[Violent Night]]''.<ref name="Feb22-casting">{{cite magazine |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo Join David Harbour in ''Violent Night'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-leguizamo-beverly-dangelo-david-harbour-violent-night-exclusive-1235091406/ |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>

D'Angelo narrates a short biographical film about [[Patsy Cline]], which is shown to visitors of The Patsy Cline Museum in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The museum opened to the public on April 7, 2017.