Beverly D'angelo in Coal MINER'S... | 1980

Clip Name: The Grand Ole Opry

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Beverly D'angelo in Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones and Levon Helm
Directed by: Michael Apted
About this actor

Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress and singer. D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla (née Smith), a violinist, and Gene D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager. She is of part Italian ancestry. Her maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was the architect who designed Ohio Stadium, also known as "the Horseshoe" at The Ohio State University. She has three brothers, Jeff, Tim and Tony. She attended Upper Arlington High School, Jack Nicklaus' alma mater. D'Angelo began work in the theatre, appearing on Broadway in 1976 in Rockabye Hamlet (also known as Kronborg: 1582) a musical based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Although the production was a failure, running less than a month, D'Angelo's performance as Ophelia attracted positive attention. After gaining minor roles in movies including Annie Hall, D'Angelo had a string of hit movies in the late 1970s, appearing in Every Which Way But Loose, Hair and Coal Miner's Daughter...