Biography
Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and for an Emmy Award for her role as Stella Kowalski in the TV film A Streetcar Named Desire (1984). D'Angelo's other film roles include Sheila Franklin in Hair (1979) and Doris Vinyard in American History...
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Complete Filmography

No Address
2025
as Dora
A group of individuals who unexpectedly fall into homelessness. They bond together as an unconventional family, struggling to survive on the streets w...

The Trainer
2024
as Jack's Mother
Jack Flex, a penniless, muscle-bound "creative genius" who maniacally pursues his dream of appearing on his mother's favorite home shopping channel to...

Summer Camp
2024
as Jane
Childhood best friends Nora, Ginny and Mary used to spend every summer at sleepaway camp together, and now, fifty years later, seize the opportunity t...

Drugstore June
2024
as Marla
After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents takes matters into her own hands to solve the crime, w...

Violent Night
2022
as Gertrude
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surpr...

The Good House
2022
as Mamie Lang
Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts ...
The Tribe Remembers
2020
as Self
In this new program, actors Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, John Savage, and Dorsey Wright recall how they became involved wit...

The Unicorn
2019
as Edie
An engaged couple is forced to visit Palm Springs for a weekend to celebrate her parents’ 25th wedding vow renewal and discover the apparent secret to...

Frat Pack
2018
as Moira
A shy British graduate student gets dragged on a wild road trip across America to a raging fraternity party by his soon-to-be stepbrothers, as his mot...

Lady-Like
2017
as Dean Melissa
When a quick-witted yet co-dependent college girl helps her best friend land a boyfriend, she's left on the outside looking in and is forced to deal w...

Wakefield
2017
as Babs
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.

When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy
2017
as Self
With exclusive access to the Cline estate, the film features rare performances of such Cline classics as "Walkin' After Midnight" "Three Cigarettes in...

Under the Bed
2017
as Sandra Monroe
A stalker takes up residence underneath the bed of his female target. Inspired by true events.

Dreamland
2016
as Marie
Part-time pianist Monty Fagan begins a May-December romance that upends his home life.
The Comments
2015
as Barb
Larry finally sells his first screenplay and the online world reacts.

Vacation
2015
as Ellen Griswold
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

Accidental Love
2015
as Helen Eckle
A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when sh...

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actress
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring ...

Playing It Cool
2014
as Lyle's Girlfriend
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.

The Michaels
2014
as Millie Barnworth
A manicurist predicts that an unlucky-at-love lawyer will meet the love of her life and that he will be a Michael, so the attorney begins a series of ...

All American Christmas Carol
2013
as Wanda / Ghost of Christmas Future
A white-trash mom is visited by three ghosts intent on showing her a path to a brighter future.

Bounty Killer
2013
as Lucille
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce gl...

I Heart Shakey
2012
as Sheila
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving...

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
as Self
A look at the making of the classic comedy film.

Shit Year
2010
Thanks
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by ...

Hotel Hell Vacation
2010
as Ellen Griswold
Clark and Ellen Griswold embark on a trip to visit their son Rusty and his family, but along the way, Clark has planned a romantic getaway where every...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces alo...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
Narrated by the legendary Shirley Jones, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing series shines a light on the musicals of the 1970s, a t...
Black Water Transit
2009
as Valeriana Schick
In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shippin...

Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure
2009
as Aunt Zelda
Aussie, a lovable Australian mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

The House Bunny
2008
as Mrs. Hagstrom
Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girl...

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
as Sally
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlan...

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2008
as Ellen Griswold (voice)
With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".

Battle for Terra
2007
as Interrogator Wright (voice)
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, w...

Game of Life
2007
as Kathy
In Game of LIfe, a children's soccer team is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five famili...

Relative Strangers
2006
as Angela Minnola
An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.

Gamers
2006
as Gordon's Mom
Gamers is a comedy about the lives of four slacker friends (and one obsessive interloper) living at home, -"with my parents... it's just temporary... ...

King of the Corner
2004
as Betsy Ingraham
Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and h...

Hair High
2004
as Darlene (voice)
Bill Plympton's gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly wrong. Two murdered teens return from the grave, then go to th...

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
as Self - Roaster
Chevy Chase bitterly takes in his roast.

Summer Catch
2001
as Lusty House Mother
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley...

On the Edge
2001
as Bag Lady (segment "Happy Birthday")
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.

Women in Film
2001
as Phyllis Wolf
Three women in Hollywood talk to the camera one summer (with a coda six months later). Sara is a casting director; her soliloquies are addressed to Sa...

Sugar Town
1999
as Jane
A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a fil...

Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
1999
as Self
For fans of comedy, Sam Kinison needs no introduction. His scathing comedy tackled tough topics no other comedian dared to touch. Fed up and disenfran...

Lansky
1999
as Teddy Lansky
Organized crime boss Meyer Lansky remembers his life as he is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the USA have...

Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to Presi...

With Friends Like These
1998
as Theresa Carpenter
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

American History X
1998
as Doris
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we le...

Illuminata
1998
as Astergourd
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Ill...

Merchants of Venus
1998
as Mistress Cody
A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.

Love Always
1997
as Miranda
Julia, a struggling actress living in San Diego, hits the road after an ex-boyfriend in Spokane, WA, sends her a postcard proposing marriage.

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997
as Pixie Chandler
Pixie is cursed with turning into a Pterodactyl when her husband is caught messing with bones on an ancient burial ground. Her husband, children, frie...

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997
Associate Producer
Pixie is cursed with turning into a Pterodactyl when her husband is caught messing with bones on an ancient burial ground. Her husband, children, frie...

Nowhere
1997
as Dark's Mom
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her l...

A Rat's Tale
1997
as Mrs. Dollart
Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the r...

Vegas Vacation
1997
as Ellen Griswold
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.

Edie & Pen
1996
as Barlady
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

Sweet Temptation
1996
as Jesse Larson
Jade is a sixteen year old girl with all the problems a teenager faces. Moreover, her parents are divorced and she lives with her mother Jesse. Jesse ...

Widow's Kiss
1996
as Vivian Fairchild
Haunted by his mother's recent death, a young man becomes suspicious of his wealthy father's sexy, new bride. When his father dies mysteriously, the b...

Eye for an Eye
1996
as Dolly Green
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Ro...

Talking With
1995
as Alain (segment "Marks")
Adapted from the group of stage monologues by the pseudononymous "Jane Martin," this is a series of characters snake handler, daughter, baton twirler,...

The Crazysitter
1994
as Edie
When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two seemingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them...

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
as Kitty Menendez
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly...

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994
as Annie Hayes
Still in mourning over the loss of his wife, former cop Jonathan stone moves to Washington. However, he is soon falsely accused of murder, and with t...

Lightning Jack
1994
as Lana Castel
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become go...

Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993
as Helen List
The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children ...

The Switch
1993
as Dee (uncredited)
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk ...

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
as Jerry Sherwood
A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under que...

Man Trouble
1992
as Andy Ellerman
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.

Trial: The Price of Passion
1992
as Johnnie Faye Boudreau
Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.

Lonely Hearts
1991
as Alma
Alma, a lonely woman, falls for the conman who steals her money after seducing her. Frank doesn't want Alma around him, but he cannot do anything abou...

The Pope Must Die
1991
as Veronica Dante
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and ...

The Miracle
1991
as Renee Baker
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild storie...

Pacific Heights
1990
as Ann Miller (uncredited)
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
as Evalita
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Ellen Griswold
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and th...

Cold Front
1989
as Amanda O'Rourke
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

High Spirits
1988
as Sharon Brogan Crawford
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte...

Trading Hearts
1988
as Donna Nottingham
A baseball-loving small girl decides to hook up her favorite down-on-his-luck baseball player and her mom, a down-on-her-luck lounge singer. Then her ...

In the Mood
1987
as Francine Glatt
When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled....

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
as Eva Milton
An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can return to his home planet.

Maid to Order
1987
as Stella Winston
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he neve...

Aria
1987
as Gilda
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each s...

Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Mary Hearn
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Slow Burn
1986
as Laine Fleischer
Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may o...

Big Trouble
1986
as Blanche Rickey
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...

Doubletake
1985
as Caroline Wallace
Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives investiga...

Get Out of My Room
1985
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are s...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985
as Katrina Van Tassel
Ichabod Crane becomes the headmaster at a schoolhouse. He falls for Katrina Van Tassel but she has a lover: Brom Bones. Brom scares him off acting as ...

National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
as Ellen Griswald
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but...

Finders Keepers
1984
as Standish Logan
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldie...

A Streetcar Named Desire
1984
as Stella DuBois Kowalski
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unfo...

National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Ellen Griswold
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Sleeping Beauty
1983
as Henbane
A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.

Highpoint
1982
as Lise
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets ca...

Paternity
1981
as Maggie
Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming in...

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Carmen Odessa Shelby
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not ...

Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
as Patsy Cline
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

Hair
1979
as Sheila Franklin
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his...

Every Which Way but Loose
1978
as Echo
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound ora...

First Love
1977
as Shelley
A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.

Annie Hall
1977
as Actress in Rob's TV Show
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

The Sentinel
1977
as Sandra
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...
Unfriendly Fire
N/A
as Gen. Lisa Hertz
In an alternate reality, America grapples with the consequences of a divisive war over escalating issues surrounding reproductive rights.

Masha's Mushrooms
N/A
as Paige
A workaholic mother who tries to throw the perfect party for her daughter, but all the guests are unknowingly drugged and must figure out what is real...

Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead
N/A
as Sandra
When a behavioral science major investigates murders at Capps Crossing, she finds herself trapped in a twisted web of lies surrounding the local range...

The Good Life
N/A
Sleepwalker
N/A
as Gloria
A grieving mother is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal de...
The Heart Brake
N/A
as Ann
After cardiac arrest, Julia Winters returns to her Tennessee hometown where Christmas is eternal. She faces her unresolved past and an unexpected futu...
The Prince
N/A
Chronicles a recovering addict's journey through drug underworld, struggles with addiction, intense highs, and lows, and eventual path to sobriety.
Last Hand
N/A
as Lilith Fudent
Legendary bridge player Lilith Fudent leads a team of misfits to the world bridge championships to save her sister's New Orleans bridge club.

Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
N/A
Country music legend Patsy Cline was a trailblazer in her genre, paving the way for artists who followed in her footsteps. This fall, Great Performanc...