Beverly Garland
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
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Films (66)
Le Sapin a les boules 2 : Cousin Eddie
2003 · Aunt Jessica
If
2003 · Katherine
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 · Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000 · Self
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
1997 · Self
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
1996 · Self
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 · Self
Hellfire
1995 · Carlotta
The Wish That Changed Christmas
1991 · Miss Shepherd (voice)
To The Moon, Alice
1991 · Personnel Manager
Finding the Way Home
1991 · Arlene Mittelman
Death Falls
1991 · Mae Baxter
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
1990 · Brenda's Mother
This Girl for Hire
1983 · Evan Picard
Gamble on Love
1982 · Kitty
It's My Turn
1980 · Emma
Roller Boogie
1979 · Lillian Barkley
Abraham's Sacrifice
1979 · Sarah
Sixth and Main
1977 · Monica Cord
The Deadly Volley
1975 · Team Owner
Airport 1975
1974 · Mrs. Scott Freeman
The Day the Earth Moved
1974 · Helen Backsler
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974 · Mother
The Healers
1974 · Laura Kier
Unwed Father
1974 · Estelle
Voyage of the Yes
1973 · Agatha Markwell
The Weekend Nun
1972 · Bobby Sue Prewitt
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972 · Myrna Anderson
And Then They Forgot God
1971 · Vilma Thompson
Cutter's Trail
1970 · Maggie
The Mad Room
1969 · Mrs. Racine
Pretty Poison
1968 · Mrs. Stepanek
Calhoun
1964 · Nan Sloane
Twice-Told Tales
1963 · Alice Pyncheon
Stark Fear
1962 · Ellen Winslow
The Alligator People
1959 · Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin
Gundown at Sandoval
1959 · Mrs. Amanda Barko
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958 · Mona Langley
The Edge of Innocence
1957 · Gay Sherman
The Joker is Wild
1957 · Cassie Mack
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Laura Barton
Badlands of Montana
1957 · Susan Hammer
Not of This Earth
1957 · Nadine Story
Naked Paradise
1957 · Max MacKenzie
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
1956 · Dr. Andrea Romar
It Conquered the World
1956 · Claire Anderson
Gunslinger
1956 · Marshal Rose Hood
Swamp Women
1956 · Vera
The Steel Jungle
1956 · Frances 'Francie' Novak
The Go-Getter
1956 · Peggy
Sudden Danger
1955 · Phyllis Baxter
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Miss Swift
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Marie Reilly
New York Confidential
1955
Two Guns and a Badge
1954 · Gail Sterling
Killer Leopard
1954 · Linda Winters
The Desperado
1954 · Laurie Bannerman
The Miami Story
1954 · Holly Abbott
The Rocket Man
1954 · Ludine
Bitter Creek
1954 · Gail Bonner
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
1953 · Parker
The Neanderthal Man
1953 · Nola Mason, bar waitress
Problem Girls
1953 · Nancy Eaton
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Party Guest (uncredited)
D.O.A.
1949 · Miss Foster
Séries (93)
Le Protecteur
2001 · Buyer
Teen Angel
1997 · Grandma
The Angry Beavers
1997 · High Priestess
7th Heaven
1996 · Ginger Jackson
Spider-Man
1994 · Miranda Wilson (voice)
Friends
1994 · Aunt Iris
Ellen
1994 · Eva
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Stella Carter
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Ellen Lane
P.S. I Luv U
1991
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Liz Wellington
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Lucy Rowens
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Dotty West
Remington Steele
1982 · Abigail Holt
Matt Houston
1982 · Sarah Chapman
Hotel
1982 · Alice Korman
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Florence Russell
Enos
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
How the West Was Won
1977 · Hanna
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Tony Randall Show
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Pat Justice
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976 · Cookie LaRue
Switch
1975 · Nancy Thomas
Planet of the Apes
1974 · Wanda
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · The Secretary
Kung Fu
1972 · Mrs. Theresa Hobart
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Claudia
The Rookies
1972
Cannon
1971
The Pet Set
1971 · Self
Medical Center
1969
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Beth Morse
The Mod Squad
1968
Lancer
1968
Mannix
1967 · Edna Reston
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Audrey Fleming
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Loner
1965 · Dolores
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Celia Rydell
Laredo
1965
The Bing Crosby Show
1964 · Ellie Collins
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · JoAnne Kling
The Fugitive
1963 · Nurse Doris Stillwell
Miss USA
1963 · Self - Judge
The Dakotas
1963
Going My Way
1962
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Sam Benedict
1962
Bus Stop
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Julia Dressard, Susan Hastings
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Janette
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Stagecoach West
1960 · Sherry Hilton
My Three Sons
1960 · Barbara
Thriller
1960 · Ruth Kenton
Danger Man
1960 · Jo Harris
Coronado 9
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Maggie
Riverboat
1959 · Dr. Nora James
Rawhide
1959 · Marcie, Della Locke
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Coco LaSalle
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Sally Lind
Decoy
1957 · Casey Jones
Trackdown
1957 · Dora Crow
Perry Mason
1957 · Mauvis Meade
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957 · Clara
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Dr. Ellen Kimberly, Margaret Walston, Ruth Clarke, Amy Schroeder
Wire Service
1956 · Elaine Rath, Ellen Gale
Telephone Time
1956
Frontier
1955 · Sarah Garvey
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Leah, Lee Stark, Leona, Claire Hollis
The Millionaire
1955 · Clara Nelson, Louise Benson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Susanna O'Brien, Mrs. Amanda Barko
Climax!
1954 · Jean, Shirley Connors, Daisy
Studio 57
1954
Medic
1954 · Estelle Collins
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Nancy Trout
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Claire Walkowsky
City Detective
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Maria Perrin
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Julie, Lucille, Maxine, Holly
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Mary Lou Matthews, Marie 'Slim' Browning, Valerie, Julia Ross, Joyce Williams
Mama Rosa
1950 · Nina
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Laura Lawson (