Beverly Garland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1926
- Died
- December 5, 2008
- Birthplace
- Santa Cruz, California, United States
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
Filmography
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure 2003
as Aunt Jessica
If 2003
as Katherine
Drive-In Movie Memories 2001
Actor
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures 2001
as Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial 2000
as Self
- Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years 1997
as Self
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door 1996
as Self
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces 1995
as Self
Hellfire 1995
as Carlotta
The Wish That Changed Christmas 1991
as Miss Shepherd (voice)
To The Moon, Alice 1991
as Personnel Manager
Finding the Way Home 1991
as Arlene Mittelman
Death Falls 1991
as Mae Baxter
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid 1990
as Brenda's Mother
This Girl for Hire 1983
as Evan Picard
Gamble on Love 1982
as Kitty
It's My Turn 1980
as Emma
Roller Boogie 1979
as Lillian Barkley
Abraham's Sacrifice 1979
as Sarah
Sixth and Main 1977
as Monica Cord
The Deadly Volley 1975
as Team Owner
Airport 1975 1974
as Mrs. Scott Freeman
The Day the Earth Moved 1974
as Helen Backsler
Where the Red Fern Grows 1974
as Mother
The Healers 1974
as Laura Kier
Unwed Father 1974
as Estelle
Voyage of the Yes 1973
as Agatha Markwell
The Weekend Nun 1972
as Bobby Sue Prewitt
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole 1972
as Myrna Anderson
And Then They Forgot God 1971
as Vilma Thompson
Cutter's Trail 1970
as Maggie
The Mad Room 1969
as Mrs. Racine
Pretty Poison 1968
as Mrs. Stepanek
Calhoun 1964
as Nan Sloane
Twice-Told Tales 1963
as Alice Pyncheon
Stark Fear 1962
as Ellen Winslow
The Alligator People 1959
as Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin
Gundown at Sandoval 1959
as Mrs. Amanda Barko
The Saga of Hemp Brown 1958
as Mona Langley
The Edge of Innocence 1957
as Gay Sherman
The Joker is Wild 1957
as Cassie Mack
Chicago Confidential 1957
as Laura Barton
Badlands of Montana 1957
as Susan Hammer
Not of This Earth 1957
as Nadine Story
Naked Paradise 1957
as Max MacKenzie
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon 1956
as Dr. Andrea Romar
It Conquered the World 1956
as Claire Anderson
Gunslinger 1956
as Marshal Rose Hood
Swamp Women 1956
as Vera
The Steel Jungle 1956
as Frances 'Francie' Novak
The Go-Getter 1956
as Peggy
Sudden Danger 1955
as Phyllis Baxter
The Desperate Hours 1955
as Miss Swift
New Orleans Uncensored 1955
as Marie Reilly
New York Confidential 1955
Actor
Two Guns and a Badge 1954
as Gail Sterling
Killer Leopard 1954
as Linda Winters
The Desperado 1954
as Laurie Bannerman
The Miami Story 1954
as Holly Abbott
The Rocket Man 1954
as Ludine
Bitter Creek 1954
as Gail Bonner
- The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry 1953
as Parker
The Neanderthal Man 1953
as Nola Mason, bar waitress
Problem Girls 1953
as Nancy Eaton
A Life of Her Own 1950
as Party Guest (uncredited)
D.O.A. 1949
as Miss Foster
Credits from TMDB.