Beverly Garland
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Beverly Garland (1926–2008) was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence with her role on My Three Sons. In the 1980s, she co-starred as Kate Jackson's widowed mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. She also had a recurring role as on 7th Heaven. Had the Fates smiled upon her, the versatile Beverly Garland would have been one of the biggest female stars in films. She started out well, with a plum part in the noir classic DOA (1949), in which she was billed as Beverly Campbell. Alas, Garland was never one to keep her opinions to herself, and her pointed comments about some of her DOA colleagues turned her into a Hollywood pariah before her career had even begun. She eventually worked her way back up the ladder with supporting roles in theatrical features and guest-star assignments on television. Garland rapidly earned a reputation as a "good luck charm" for TV-pilot producers, who could usually count on a sale if Garland was featured in their product. She guested on the first episode of Medic as an expectant leukemia victim, and was co-starred in the pilots of no fewer than three Rod Cameron TV vehicles: City Detective, State Trooper and Coronado 9, all of which sold. In the mid-1950s, Garland was briefly the inamorata of quickie producer/director Roger Corman, who prominently cast her in such cheapies as It Conquered the World (1955) and Not of This Earth (1956). She starred in the 1957 syndicated TV series Policewoman Decoy, which permitted her to adopt a variety of convincing guises in the line of duty. From the 1960s on, Garland was everyone's favorite TV wife or mother: she played Bing Crosby's wife in The Bing Crosby Show (1964), Fred MacMurray's wife on the last three seasons (1969-72) of My Three Sons, Stephanie Zimbalist's mother in Remington Steele (1982-86) and Kate Jackson's mother on Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983-87). Active into the 1990s, Beverly Garland supplemented her acting income with her job as spokesperson for a major Midwestern travel agency. She died in 2008 at age
Known for
Credits
Hellfire (1995)
as Carlotta
Pretty Poison (1968)
as Mrs. Stepanek
It Conquered the World (1956)
as Claire Anderson
Airport 1975 (1974)
as Mrs. Scott Freeman
Death Falls (1991)
as Mae Baxter
D.O.A. (1949)
as Miss Foster
Problem Girls (1953)
as Nancy Eaton
And Then They Forgot God (1971)
as Vilma Thompson
Stark Fear (1962)
as Ellen Winslow
The Alligator People (1959)
as Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)
as Aunt Jessica
Two Guns and a Badge (1954)
as Gail Sterling
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
as Mother
Voyage of the Yes (1973)
as Agatha Markwell
This Girl for Hire (1983)
as Evan Picard
To The Moon, Alice (1991)
as Personnel Manager
The Go-Getter (1956)
as Peggy
Gundown at Sandoval (1959)
as Mrs. Amanda Barko
The Mad Room (1969)
as Mrs. Racine
The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Miss Swift
New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
as Marie Reilly
Not of This Earth (1957)
as Nadine Story
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
as Alice Pyncheon
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Cassie Mack
The Desperado (1954)
as Laurie Bannerman
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
as Self
New York Confidential (1955)
Actor
It's My Turn (1980)
as Emma
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
as Mona Langley
Gunslinger (1956)
as Marshal Rose Hood
The Day the Earth Moved (1974)
as Helen Backsler
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996)
as Self
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991)
as Miss Shepherd (voice)
Roller Boogie (1979)
as Lillian Barkley
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
as Dr. Andrea Romar
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990)
as Brenda's Mother
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry (1953)
as Parker
Calhoun (1964)
as Nan Sloane
Finding the Way Home (1991)
as Arlene Mittelman
Swamp Women (1956)
as Vera
Naked Paradise (1957)
as Max MacKenzie
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
as Nola Mason, bar waitress
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
as Myrna Anderson
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
as Gay Sherman
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Laura Barton
The Weekend Nun (1972)
as Bobby Sue Prewitt
The Rocket Man (1954)
as Ludine
Cutter's Trail (1970)
as Maggie
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Actor
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)
as Self
Killer Leopard (1954)
as Linda Winters
Bitter Creek (1954)
as Gail Bonner
Badlands of Montana (1957)
as Susan Hammer
Gamble on Love (1982)
as Kitty
Unwed Father (1974)
as Estelle
Abraham's Sacrifice (1979)
as Sarah
The Miami Story (1954)
as Holly Abbott
The Healers (1974)
as Laura Kier
Sudden Danger (1955)
as Phyllis Baxter
Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000)
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years (1997)
as Self
The Deadly Volley (1975)
as Team Owner
If (2003)
as Katherine
The Steel Jungle (1956)
as Frances 'Francie' Novak
Sixth and Main (1977)
as Monica Cord