Beverly D'Angelo

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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 X (1998).

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Known For

American History X

Doris

The Simpsons

Lurleen Lumpkin (voice)

Family Guy

Ellen Griswold (voice)

Annie Hall

Actress in Rob's TV Show

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rebecca Balthus

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Serafina Carisi

Vacation

Ellen Griswold

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Ellen Griswold

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Sleepwalker MOVIE	Gloria
2025	I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not MOVIE	Self
2025	No Address MOVIE	Dora
2024	The Trainer MOVIE	Jack's Mother
2024	Summer Camp MOVIE	Jane
2024	Drugstore June MOVIE	Marla
2023	True Lies TV	Susan Trilby
2022	Violent Night MOVIE	Gertrude
2021	The Good House MOVIE	Mamie Lang
2020	The Tribe Remembers MOVIE	Self
2019	The Unicorn MOVIE	Edie
2018	Insatiable TV	Stella Rose Buckley
2018	Frat Pack MOVIE	Moira
2017	Lady-Like MOVIE	Dean Melissa
2017	Wakefield MOVIE	Babs
2017	When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy MOVIE	Self
2017	Under the Bed MOVIE	Sandra Monroe
2016	Shooter TV	National Security Advisor Gregson
2016	Party Girl TV	Fay
2016	Dreamland MOVIE	Marie
2015	The Comments MOVIE	Barb
2015	Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
2015	Accidental Love MOVIE	Helen Eckle
2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead MOVIE	Self - Actress
2014	Playing It Cool MOVIE	Lyle's Girlfriend
2014	The Michaels MOVIE	Millie Barnworth
2014	Friends with Better Lives TV	Gretchen
2013	All American Christmas Carol MOVIE	Wanda / Ghost of Christmas Future
2013	Mom TV	Lorraine
2013	Bounty Killer MOVIE	Lucille
2013	The Good Mother MOVIE	Judge Kennedy
2012	I Heart Shakey MOVIE	Sheila
2011	Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation MOVIE	Self
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated TV	Sheila Altoonian (voice)
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated TV	Mom (voice)
2010	Hotel Hell Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories TV	Self
2009	Cougar Town TV	Sheila Keller
2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s MOVIE	Self
2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's MOVIE	Self
2009	Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure MOVIE	Aunt Zelda
2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression MOVIE	Self
2008	The House Bunny MOVIE	Mrs. Hagstrom
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay MOVIE	Sally
2007	Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest MOVIE	Ellen Griswold (voice)
2007	Battle for Terra MOVIE	Interrogator Wright (voice)
2007	Game of Life MOVIE	Kathy
2006	Relative Strangers MOVIE	Angela Minnola
2006	Gamers MOVIE	Gordon's Mom
2005	Special Thanks To Roy London MOVIE	Self
2004	Entourage TV	Barbara Miller
2004	King of the Corner MOVIE	Betsy Ingraham
2004	Hair High MOVIE	Darlene (voice)
2002	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase MOVIE	Self - Roaster
2001	Summer Catch MOVIE	Lusty House Mother
2001	On the Edge MOVIE	Bag Lady (segment "Happy Birthday")
2001	Women in Film MOVIE	Phyllis Wolf
2000	Talk to Me TV	Self
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Rebecca Balthus
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Serafina Carisi
1999	Sugar Town MOVIE	Jane
1999	Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? MOVIE	Self
1999	Lansky MOVIE	Teddy Lansky
1999	Family Guy TV	Ellen Griswold (voice)
1999	Get Bruce! MOVIE	Self
1998	With Friends Like These MOVIE	Theresa Carpenter
1998	American History X MOVIE	Doris
1998	Illuminata MOVIE	Astergourd
1998	A Rat's Tale MOVIE	Mrs. Dollart
1998	Merchants of Venus MOVIE	Mistress Cody
1997	Love Always MOVIE	Miranda
1997	Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills MOVIE	Pixie Chandler
1997	Nowhere MOVIE	Dark's Mom
1997	Vegas Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
1996	Edie & Pen MOVIE	Barlady
1996	Sweet Temptation MOVIE	Jesse Larson
1996	Widow's Kiss MOVIE	Vivian Fairchild
1996	Eye for an Eye MOVIE	Dolly Green
1995	Talking With MOVIE	Alain (segment "Marks")
1994	The Crazysitter MOVIE	Edie
1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills MOVIE	Kitty Menendez
1994	Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence MOVIE	Annie Hayes
1994	Lightning Jack MOVIE	Lana Castel
1993	Frasier TV	Audrey (voice)
1993	Judgment Day: The John List Story MOVIE	Helen List
1993	The Switch MOVIE	Dee (uncredited)
1992	A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story MOVIE	Jerry Sherwood
1992	Man Trouble MOVIE	Andy Ellerman
1992	Trial: The Price of Passion MOVIE	Johnnie Faye Boudreau
1991	Lonely Hearts MOVIE	Alma
1991	The Pope Must Die MOVIE	Veronica Dante
1991	The Miracle MOVIE	Renee Baker
1990	Pacific Heights MOVIE	Ann Miller (uncredited)
1990	Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? MOVIE	Evalita
1989	The Simpsons TV	Lurleen Lumpkin (voice)
1989	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
1989	Cold Front MOVIE	Amanda O'Rourke
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Janice Baird
1988	High Spirits MOVIE	Sharon Brogan Crawford
1988	Trading Hearts MOVIE	Donna Nottingham
1987	In the Mood MOVIE	Francine Glatt
1987	The Man Who Fell to Earth MOVIE	Eva Milton
1987	Maid to Order MOVIE	Stella Winston
1987	Aria MOVIE	Gilda
1987	Hands of a Stranger MOVIE	Mary Hearn
1986	Slow Burn MOVIE	Laine Fleischer
1986	Big Trouble MOVIE	Blanche Rickey
1985	Doubletake MOVIE	Caroline Wallace
1985	Get Out of My Room MOVIE	Self
1985	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow MOVIE	Katrina Van Tassel
1985	Tall Tales & Legends TV	Katrina Van Tassel
1985	National Lampoon's European Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
1984	Finders Keepers MOVIE	Standish Logan
1984	A Streetcar Named Desire MOVIE	Stella DuBois Kowalski
1983	National Lampoon's Vacation MOVIE	Ellen Griswold
1983	Sleeping Beauty MOVIE	Henbane
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Henbane
1982	Highpoint MOVIE	Lise
1981	Paternity MOVIE	Maggie
1981	Honky Tonk Freeway MOVIE	Carmen Odessa Shelby
1980	Coal Miner's Daughter MOVIE	Patsy Cline
1979	Hair MOVIE	Sheila Franklin
1978	Every Which Way but Loose MOVIE	Echo
1977	First Love MOVIE	Shelley
1977	Annie Hall MOVIE	Actress in Rob's TV Show
1977	The Sentinel MOVIE	Sandra
1976	Captains and the Kings TV	Miss Emmy
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
	Unfriendly Fire MOVIE	Gen. Lisa Hertz
	Masha's Mushrooms MOVIE	Paige
	Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead MOVIE	Sandra
	The Heart Brake MOVIE	Ann
	The Prince MOVIE	Self
	Last Hand MOVIE	Lilith Fudent
	Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight MOVIE	Self
	Grace Period MOVIE	Self
	Kill Me Now MOVIE	Self

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