Beverly Garland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1926
- Died
- December 5, 2008 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Santa Cruz, California, United States
Biography
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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Filmography
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Movie · as Aunt Jessica
If
Movie · as Katherine
Drive-In Movie Memories
Movie
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Movie · as Self
The Guardian
TV · as Buyer · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Movie · as Self
The Angry Beavers
TV · as High Priestess · 1 ep
Teen Angel
TV · as Grandma · 1 ep
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Movie · as Self
7th Heaven
TV · as Ginger Jackson · 9 eps
Hellfire
Movie · as Carlotta
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Movie · as Self
Spider-Man
TV · as Miranda Wilson (voice) · 1 ep
Friends
TV · as Aunt Iris · 1 ep
Ellen
TV · as Eva · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Stella Carter · 1 ep
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as Ellen Lane · 6 eps
The Wish That Changed Christmas
Movie · as Miss Shepherd (voice)
Death Falls
Movie · as Mae Baxter
Finding the Way Home
Movie · as Arlene Mittelman
To The Moon, Alice
Movie · as Personnel Manager
P.S. I Luv U
TV · 1 ep
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
Movie · as Brenda's Mother
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Liz Wellington · 1 ep
Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Lucy Rowens · 1 ep
This Girl for Hire
Movie · as Evan Picard
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · as Dotty West · 88 eps
Gamble on Love
Movie · as Kitty
Remington Steele
TV · as Abigail Holt · 2 eps
Matt Houston
TV · as Sarah Chapman · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · as Alice Korman · 1 ep
It's My Turn
Movie · as Emma
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Florence Russell · 1 ep
Enos
TV · 1 ep
Roller Boogie
Movie · as Lillian Barkley
Abraham's Sacrifice
Movie · as Sarah
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 2 eps
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
Sixth and Main
Movie · as Monica Cord
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
How the West Was Won
TV · as Hanna · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Pat Justice · 1 ep
The Tony Randall Show
TV · 1 ep
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TV · as Cookie LaRue · 7 eps
The Deadly Volley
Movie · as Team Owner
Switch
TV · as Nancy Thomas · 1 ep
Where the Red Fern Grows
Movie · as Mother
Airport 1975
Movie · as Mrs. Scott Freeman
Unwed Father
Movie · as Estelle
The Day the Earth Moved
Movie · as Helen Backsler
The Healers
Movie · as Laura Kier
Planet of the Apes
TV · as Wanda · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as The Secretary · 1 ep
Voyage of the Yes
Movie · as Agatha Markwell
The Weekend Nun
Movie · as Bobby Sue Prewitt
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Movie · as Myrna Anderson
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
Kung Fu
TV · as Mrs. Theresa Hobart · 1 ep
Temperatures Rising
TV · as Claudia · 1 ep
And Then They Forgot God
Movie · as Vilma Thompson
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
The Pet Set
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cutter's Trail
Movie · as Maggie
The Mad Room
Movie · as Mrs. Racine
Medical Center
TV · 2 eps
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Beth Morse · 1 ep
Pretty Poison
Movie · as Mrs. Stepanek
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Edna Reston
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep
The Mothers-in-Law
TV · as Audrey Fleming · 1 ep
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Celia Rydell · 2 eps
The Loner
TV · as Dolores · 1 ep
Calhoun
Movie · as Nan Sloane
The Bing Crosby Show
TV · as Ellie Collins · 28 eps
Twice-Told Tales
Movie · as Alice Pyncheon
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as JoAnne Kling · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Nurse Doris Stillwell · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
Miss USA
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Stark Fear
Movie · as Ellen Winslow
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
Going My Way
TV · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Janette · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · 1 ep
Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Julia Dressard, Susan Hastings · 1 ep
The Asphalt Jungle
TV · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Ruth Kenton · 1 ep
Coronado 9
TV · 2 eps
Stagecoach West
TV · as Sherry Hilton · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · as Barbara · 74 eps
Danger Man
TV · as Jo Harris · 1 ep
The Alligator People
Movie · as Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin
Gundown at Sandoval
Movie · as Mrs. Amanda Barko
Hawaiian Eye
TV · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Maggie · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Marcie, Della Locke · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Dr. Nora James · 1 ep
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Movie · as Mona Langley
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Coco LaSalle · 2 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Sally Lind · 1 ep
Not of This Earth
Movie · as Nadine Story
Naked Paradise
Movie · as Max MacKenzie
Chicago Confidential
Movie · as Laura Barton
Badlands of Montana
Movie · as Susan Hammer
The Joker is Wild
Movie · as Cassie Mack
The Edge of Innocence
Movie · as Gay Sherman
Perry Mason
TV · as Mauvis Meade · 1 ep
Decoy
TV · as Casey Jones · 39 eps
The O. Henry Playhouse
TV · as Clara · 1 ep
Trackdown
TV · as Dora Crow · 1 ep
It Conquered the World
Movie · as Claire Anderson
Swamp Women
Movie · as Vera
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
Movie · as Dr. Andrea Romar
The Steel Jungle
Movie · as Frances 'Francie' Novak
Gunslinger
Movie · as Marshal Rose Hood
The Go-Getter
Movie · as Peggy
Wire Service
TV · as Elaine Rath, Ellen Gale · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Dr. Ellen Kimberly, Margaret Walston, Ruth Clarke, Amy Schroeder · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
New Orleans Uncensored
Movie · as Marie Reilly
Sudden Danger
Movie · as Phyllis Baxter
The Desperate Hours
Movie · as Miss Swift
New York Confidential
Movie
Gunsmoke
TV · as Leah, Lee Stark, Leona, Claire Hollis · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Clara Nelson, Louise Benson · 1 ep
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Frontier
TV · as Sarah Garvey · 1 ep
Killer Leopard
Movie · as Linda Winters
The Miami Story
Movie · as Holly Abbott
The Rocket Man
Movie · as Ludine
Two Guns and a Badge
Movie · as Gail Sterling
The Desperado
Movie · as Laurie Bannerman
Bitter Creek
Movie · as Gail Bonner
Climax!
TV · as Jean, Shirley Connors, Daisy · 1 ep
Medic
TV · as Estelle Collins · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Susanna O'Brien, Mrs. Amanda Barko · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
The Lone Wolf
TV · as Nancy Trout · 1 ep
Problem Girls
Movie · as Nancy Eaton
The Neanderthal Man
Movie · as Nola Mason, bar waitress
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Movie · as Parker
City Detective
TV · 1 ep
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV · as Claire Walkowsky · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Julie, Lucille, Maxine, Holly · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Maria Perrin · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
A Life of Her Own
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mary Lou Matthews, Marie 'Slim' Browning, Julia Ross, Valerie, Joyce Williams · 1 ep
Mama Rosa
TV · as Nina · 12 eps
D.O.A.
Movie · as Miss Foster
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Laura Lawson ( · 1 ep