D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla Ruth (née Smith), a violinist, and Eugene Constantino "Gene" D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager at WBNS-TV in Columbus.[2][3] Her father was of Italian descent. Her paternal grandparents, Eugenio and Rosina D'Angelo were from Introdacqua in the Abruzzo region of Italy.[4] She has three brothers, Jeff, Tim and Tony.[5] Their maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was an architect who designed the Ohio Stadium, nicknamed "the Horseshoe" at Ohio State University.[6][7]
D'Angelo worked as an illustrator at Hanna-Barbera Studios and as a singer before pursuing an interest in acting. While living for a period in Canada, she was a backup singer for American-born rockabilly singer Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins' band The Hawks. After going out on their own they became The Band, a group that is considered legendary.[8][9]
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.[2] She made her television debut in the first three episodes of the TV mini-series Captains and the Kings in 1976.
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.[15] D'Angelo appeared alongside Chevy Chase in the comedy Vacation, a continuation of the original film, which was released on July 29, 2015.[16] In 2022, she played Gertrude in the Christmas action comedy Violent Night.[17]
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.
Personal life
D'Angelo was romantically involved with Miloš Forman, who directed her in Hair (1979).[18] In 1981, she married Italian Don Lorenzo Salviati, who is the only son and heir of Don Forese Salviati, 5th Duke Salviati, Marchese di Montieri and Boccheggiano, Nobile Romano Coscritto, and his wife, the former Maria Grazia Gawronska.[19][20]
Later, she began a relationship with Anton Furst, an Academy Award-winning production designer, who died by suicide in 1991. She was in a relationship with actor Al Pacino from 1997 until 2003. The couple had twins conceived through IVF, a son and daughter born January 25, 2001.[21][22]
^Weiker, Jim (September 11, 2015). "Beverly D'Angelo heads back home - not on vacation (interview)". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved August 24, 2020. Q: Your grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, designed Ohio Stadium. Do you feel a connection to the building or attend games? A: Sure, I feel a connection. It's our family. He was a very present person in our family, even beyond his passing.
^ abc"Beverly D'Angelo (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 2, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
