Acting
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
Filmography
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Film · 2003
If
Film · 2003
Drive-In Movie Memories
Film · 2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Film · 2001
The Guardian
Series · 2001
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Film · 2000
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Film · 1997
The Angry Beavers
Series · 1997
Teen Angel
Series · 1997
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Film · 1996
7th Heaven
Series · 1996
Hellfire
Film · 1995
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Film · 1995
Spider-Man
Series · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
Ellen
Series · 1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Series · 1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Series · 1993
The Wish That Changed Christmas
Film · 1991
Death Falls
Film · 1991
Finding the Way Home
Film · 1991
To The Moon, Alice
Film · 1991
P.S. I Luv U
Series · 1991
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
Film · 1990
Crazy like a Fox
Series · 1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Series · 1984
This Girl for Hire
Film · 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Series · 1983
Gamble on Love
Film · 1982
Remington Steele
Series · 1982
Matt Houston
Series · 1982
Hotel
Series · 1982
It's My Turn
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Enos
Series · 1980
Roller Boogie
Film · 1979
Abraham's Sacrifice
Film · 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Series · 1979
Hart to Hart
Series · 1979
Sixth and Main
Film · 1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Series · 1977
How the West Was Won
Series · 1977
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
The Tony Randall Show
Series · 1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Series · 1976
The Deadly Volley
Film · 1975
Switch
Series · 1975
Where the Red Fern Grows
Film · 1974
Airport 1975
Film · 1974
Unwed Father
Film · 1974
The Day the Earth Moved
Film · 1974
The Healers
Film · 1974
Planet of the Apes
Series · 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Series · 1974
Voyage of the Yes
Film · 1973
The Weekend Nun
Film · 1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Film · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
Temperatures Rising
Series · 1972
And Then They Forgot God
Film · 1971
Cannon
Series · 1971
The Pet Set
Series · 1971
Cutter's Trail
Film · 1970
The Mad Room
Film · 1969
Medical Center
Series · 1969
Then Came Bronson
Series · 1969
Pretty Poison
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
Lancer
Series · 1968
Mannix
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
The Mothers-in-Law
Series · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Series · 1966
Laredo
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
The Loner
Series · 1965
Calhoun
Film · 1964
The Bing Crosby Show
Series · 1964
Twice-Told Tales
Film · 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Dakotas
Series · 1963
Miss USA
Series · 1963
Stark Fear
Film · 1962
Sam Benedict
Series · 1962
Going My Way
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
87th Precinct
Series · 1961
Bus Stop
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Asphalt Jungle
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
Thriller
Series · 1960
Coronado 9
Series · 1960
Stagecoach West
Series · 1960
My Three Sons
Series · 1960
Danger Man
Series · 1960
The Alligator People
Film · 1959
Gundown at Sandoval
Film · 1959
Hawaiian Eye
Series · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Film · 1958
Yancy Derringer
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Not of This Earth
Film · 1957
Naked Paradise
Film · 1957
Chicago Confidential
Film · 1957
Badlands of Montana
Film · 1957
The Joker is Wild
Film · 1957
The Edge of Innocence
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Decoy
Series · 1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
Series · 1957
Trackdown
Series · 1957
It Conquered the World
Film · 1956
Swamp Women
Film · 1956
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
Film · 1956
The Steel Jungle
Film · 1956
Gunslinger
Film · 1956
The Go-Getter
Film · 1956
Wire Service
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Telephone Time
Series · 1956
Wire Service
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
New Orleans Uncensored
Film · 1955
Sudden Danger
Film · 1955
The Desperate Hours
Film · 1955
New York Confidential
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Navy Log
Series · 1955
Frontier
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Killer Leopard
Film · 1954
The Miami Story
Film · 1954
The Rocket Man
Film · 1954
Two Guns and a Badge
Film · 1954
The Desperado
Film · 1954
Bitter Creek
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Medic
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Studio 57
Series · 1954
The Lone Wolf
Series · 1954
Problem Girls
Film · 1953
The Neanderthal Man
Film · 1953
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Film · 1953
City Detective
Series · 1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Series · 1953
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
A Life of Her Own
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Mama Rosa
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
D.O.A.
Film · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949