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Biography

Actress Beverly Garland is television's first police woman from her 1957 series Decoy. Her career started in film appearing in horror films "The Neanderthal…more

Born

10/17/1926, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.

Died

12/5/2008

Birth Name

Beverly Lucy Fessenden

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Port Charles
  Estelle Reese (2000-2001)
  - S 7: Ep 25 Ep. #1560
    7/4/03
  - S 7: Ep 19 06.26.03 - Thursday: Desire
    6/26/03
  - S 7: Ep 18 06.25.03 - Wednesday: Desire
    6/25/03
  - S 7: Ep 17 06.24.03 - Tuesday: Desire
    6/24/03
  - S 7: Ep 16 06.23.03 - Monday: Desire
    6/23/03
  - + 692 More Credits
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Dorothy 'Dotty' West
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Khrushchev List
    5/28/87
  - S 4: Ep 21 A Matter of Choice
    5/21/87
  - S 4: Ep 20 Suitable for Framing
    5/14/87
  - S 4: Ep 19 All That Glitters
    5/7/87
  - S 4: Ep 18 One Flew East
    2/27/87
  - + 83 More Credits
- My Three Sons
  Barbara Harper Douglas (1969-72)
  - S 10: Ep 12 Silver Threads
    12/27/69
  - S 10: Ep 11 Rough on Dodie
    12/20/69
  - S 10: Ep 10 After You, Alphonse
    12/13/69
  - S 10: Ep 9 Mexican Honeymoon
    11/29/69
  - S 10: Ep 8 Came the Day
    11/22/69
  - + 70 More Credits
- The Bing Crosby Show
  Ellie Collins
  - S 1: Ep 28 Conform, Conform, Whoever You Are
    4/12/65
  - S 1: Ep 27 What's a Buddy For?
    4/5/65
  - S 1: Ep 26 Moonlight Becomes You
    3/29/65
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Test
    3/22/65
  - S 1: Ep 24 Real Estate Venture
    3/15/65
  - + 23 More Credits
- Decoy
  Casey Jones
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Lost Ones
    7/7/58
  - S 1: Ep 38 First Arrest
    6/30/58
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Come Back
    6/23/58
  - S 1: Ep 36 Blind Date
    6/16/58
  - S 1: Ep 35 Tin Pan Payoff
    6/9/58
  - + 29 More Credits
- Decoy
  Patricia 'Casey' Jones
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Sound Of Tears
    4/14/58
  - S 1: Ep 25 High Swing
    3/31/58
  - S 1: Ep 24 Saturday Lost
    3/24/58
  - S 1: Ep 18 An Eye For An Eye
    2/10/58
  - S 1: Ep 1 Stranglehold
    10/14/57
- Mama Rosa
  The Daughter
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode Thirteen
    5/18/50
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode Eleven
    5/4/50
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode Ten
    4/27/50
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode Eight
    4/20/50
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode Eight
    4/20/50
  - + 7 More Credits
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- 7th Heaven
  Ginger Jackson
  - S 8: Ep 17 Two Weddings, an Engagement and a Funeral
    2/23/04
  - S 6: Ep 22 Holy War (2)
    5/20/02
  - S 6: Ep 21 Holy War (1)
    5/13/02
  - S 6: Ep 10 Consideration
    12/10/01
  - S 4: Ep 11 Forget Me Not
    12/13/99
  - + 4 More Credits
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  Ellen Lane
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Family Hour
    6/14/97
  - S 4: Ep 11 'Twas the Night Before Mxymas
    12/15/96
  - S 4: Ep 3 Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding
    10/6/96
  - S 3: Ep 15 I Now Pronounce You...
    2/11/96
  - S 3: Ep 12 Never on Sunday
    1/7/96
  - + 1 More Credits
- Hot Potato
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 75 Celebrity Show 10
    4/27/84
  - S 1: Ep 74 Celebrity Show 9
    4/26/84
  - S 1: Ep 73 Celebrity Show 8
    4/25/84
  - S 1: Ep 72 Celebrity Show 7
    4/24/84
  - S 1: Ep 71 Celebrity Show 6
    4/23/84
- Insight
  Recurring Role
  - S 24: Ep 3 The Day Everything Went Wrong
    9/25/83
- Stump the Stars
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 50 September 9, 1963
    9/9/63
  - S 1: Ep 49 September 2, 1963
    9/2/63
  - S 1: Ep 48 August 26, 1963
    8/26/63
  - S 1: Ep 47 August 19, 1963
    8/19/63
  - S 1: Ep 46 August 12, 1963
    8/12/63
  - + 43 More Credits
Guest Star (145)

Role
- TV Land Confidential
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Writing, Rehearsing & Recording
    10/5/05
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 33 TV Moms Edition
    4/28/02
- The Guardian
  Buyer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Indian Summer
    10/30/01
- The Angry Beavers
  Unseen Foe
  - S 3: Ep 17 Long Tall Daggy / Practical Jerks
    12/4/99
- The Angry Beavers
  Edgar the Swamp Witch / Zombies
  - S 2: Ep 12 Open Wide For Zombies / Dumbwaiters
    11/14/98
- The Simple Life (1998)
  Other Mother
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Other Mother
    6/17/98
- The Angry Beavers
  High Princess
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Mighty Knot-Head / Pond Scum
    4/26/98
- Teen Angel
  Grandma
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Un-Natural
    2/6/98
  - S 1: Ep 15 Back to DePolo
    1/30/98
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Miranda Wilson
  - S 4: Ep 9 Partners In Danger (9): The Haunting Of Mary Jane Watson
    7/19/97
- 7th Heaven
  Ginger
- Ellen
  Evie
  - S 3: Ep 7 She Ain't Friendly, She's My Mother
    11/8/95
- Friends
  Aunt Iris
  - S 1: Ep 18 The One with All the Poker
    3/2/95
- Diagnosis Murder
  Stella
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Unknown
  - S 2: Ep 20 Rosie
    4/12/86
- Finder of Lost Loves
  Lucy Rowens
  - S 1: Ep 20 Surrogates
    3/16/85
- Hotel
  Alice Korman
  - S 2: Ep 12 New Beginnings
    1/23/85
- Remington Steele
  Abigail Holt
  - S 1: Ep 21 Sting of Steele
    4/5/83
  - S 1: Ep 5 Thou Shalt Not Steele
    11/5/82
- Matt Houston
  Mrs. Chapman
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Good Doctor
    12/12/82
- Magnum, P.I.
  Florence Russell
  - S 2: Ep 22 Three Minus Two
    4/1/82
- Flamingo Road
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 Heatwave
    1/19/82
- Hart To Hart
  Real Grandma
  - S 3: Ep 9 Hartbreak Kid
    12/15/81
- Enos
  Judge Cantwell
  - S 1: Ep 4 Blu Flu
    12/10/80
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Mrs. Kaufman
  - S 2: Ep 2 Girl Under Glass (a.k.a.) The Sex Act (2)
    11/30/80
  - S 2: Ep 1 Girl Under Glass
    11/23/80
- Charlie's Angels
  Pat Justice
  - S 4: Ep 12 Cruising Angels
    12/12/79
- How the West Was Won
  Hanna
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Slavers
    4/23/79
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  Thelma
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Mystery of the Fallen Angels
    4/17/77
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  The Secretary
  - S 4: Ep 14 Death Probe (1)
    1/9/77
- Switch
  Nancy Thomas
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Argonaut Special
    10/12/76
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Veronica Ludlow
  - S 6: Ep 10 Lou Douses an Old Flame
    11/15/75
- Medical Center
  Madeline Stockwood
  - S 6: Ep 19 The Invisible Wife
    2/10/75
- Kung Fu
  Theresa Hobart
  - S 3: Ep 17 Battle Hymn
    2/8/75
- Ironside
  Andrea Reynolds
  - S 8: Ep 11 The Over-the-Hill Blues
    12/5/74
- Planet of the Apes
  Wanda
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Interrogation
    11/15/74
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Nancy Zimmer
  - S 7: Ep 6 To Live Another Day
    10/17/74
- Medical Center
  Kay
  - S 5: Ep 22 The World's a Balloon
    3/25/74
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 26 Beverly Garland & Jack Cassidy
    2/11/74
  - S 2: Ep 4 Beverly Garland & Joel Grey
    10/1/73
- Match Game '73
  Panelist
  - S 1: Ep 22 MG73-22
    12/12/73
- Love, American Style
  Maria Lombardi
  - S 5: Ep 36 Love and the Big Top
    11/16/73
- Mannix
  Stella Carter
  - S 7: Ep 4 Little Girl Lost
    10/7/73
- The New Perry Mason
  Laura Lee
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Case Of The Prodigal Prophet
    9/23/73
- Baffle
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 31 May 7, 1973
    5/7/73
- Cannon
  Cecilia Thatcher
  - S 2: Ep 24 Deadly Heritage
    3/21/73
- The Rookies (1972)
  Pat Whitfield
  - S 1: Ep 20 Three Hours to Kill
    2/12/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Mrs. Varni
  - S 2: Ep 16 Sometimes Tough Is Good
    1/17/73
- Temperatures Rising
  Claudia
  - S 1: Ep 9 Rx: Love
    11/14/72
- The Mod Squad
  Ellie
  - S 5: Ep 7 Eyes of the Beholder
    10/19/72
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 12: Ep 22 Why Don't You Call Me Skipper Anymore?
    1/29/72
- Insight
  Janet
  - S 11: Ep 42 Man in the Middle
    6/20/71
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 28 October 21, 1970
    10/21/70
  - S 8: Ep 3 September 16, 1970
    9/16/70
- Then Came Bronson
  Beth
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Mary R
    3/25/70
- Insight
  Nancy
  - S 10: Ep 25 The Day God Died
    2/20/70
- Gunsmoke
  Claire Hollis
  - S 15: Ep 19 The Badge
    2/2/70
- The Lone Wolf
  Nancy Trout
  - S 1: Ep 8 Pursuit
- Sons and Daughters (1991)
  Marcy
  - S 1: Ep 9 Throw Mama from the terrain
- Here's Lucy
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lucy Joins the Air Force Academy Part One
    9/22/69
- Lancer
  Clara Dunbar
  - S 1: Ep 26 Devil's Blessing
    4/22/69
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Celia Rydell
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Night of the Bleak Island
    3/14/69
- Gunsmoke
  Leona 'Lee' Jackson
  - S 14: Ep 16 Time of the Jackals
    1/13/69
- Insight
  Shirley
  - S 8: Ep 41 Don't Elbow Me Off the Earth
    6/16/68
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Audrey Fleming
  - S 1: Ep 29 Jealousy Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
    4/7/68
- Mannix
  Edna Reston
  - S 1: Ep 18 Deadfall (2)
    1/27/68
- Mannix
  Edna Restin
  - S 1: Ep 17 Deadfall (1)
    1/20/68
- Gunsmoke
  Lee Stark
  - S 13: Ep 16 The Victim
    1/1/68
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Sally Yarnell
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Night of the Cut-throats
    11/17/67
- Judd for the Defense
  Dorothy Shaw
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Deep End
    9/15/67
- Insight
  Jean
  - S 7: Ep 38 The Dog That Bit You
    5/21/67
- Gallegher Goes West
  Mrs. Carlson
  - S 1: Ep 4 Trial By Terror
    2/5/67
  - S 1: Ep 3 Tragedy on the Trail
    1/29/67
- Pistols and Petticoats
  Ross Guttley
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Ross Guttley Story
    11/5/66
- The Loner
  Colores
  - S 1: Ep 23 Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere
    2/19/66
- Laredo
  Aggie
  - S 1: Ep 1 Lazyfoot, Where Are You?
    9/16/65
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Kate
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Onslaught
    9/13/65
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 16 Host: Bing Crosby / Beverly Garland / Frank McHugh
    1/16/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  JoAnne Kling
  - S 1: Ep 25 Charlie, He Couldn't Kill a Fly
    5/7/64
- The Farmer's Daughter
  Ellen
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Stand-In
    11/1/63
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Doris Stilwell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Smoke Screen
    10/29/63
- Gunsmoke
  Leah
  - S 8: Ep 36 The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
    5/18/63
- The Dakotas
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Chooser Of The Slain
    4/22/63
- Rawhide
  Della Locke
  - S 5: Ep 20 Incident of the Gallows Tree
    2/22/63
- Going My Way
  Marsha
  - S 1: Ep 13 A Saint for Mama
    12/26/62
- Rawhide
  Marcie
  - S 5: Ep 9 Incident at Sugar Creek
    11/23/62
- Dr. Kildare
  Mrs. Hastings
  - S 2: Ep 6 Hastings' Farewell
    11/1/62
- The Nurses (1962)
  Ginny Nemets
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
    10/4/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Jeanette
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Left Side of Canada
    5/1/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Alma Parsons
  - S 1: Ep 21 Seeds of April
    2/13/62
- Bus Stop
  Janie
  - S 1: Ep 15 Summer Lightning
    1/7/62
- 87th Precinct
  Nancy Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 7 Killer's Payoff
    11/6/61
- Dr. Kildare
  Julia Dressard
  - S 1: Ep 1 Twenty-Four Hours
    9/28/61
- The Asphalt Jungle
  Caroline
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Nine-Twenty Hero
    5/21/61
- Zane Grey Theater
  Amy Schroeder
  - S 5: Ep 30 Jericho
    5/18/61
- Danger Man
  Jo Harris
  - S 1: Ep 28 Bury the Dead
    3/19/61
- Michael Shayne
  Elaine Barstow
  - S 1: Ep 11 Murder And The Wanton Bride
    12/16/60
- Thriller
  Ruth Kenton
  - S 1: Ep 13 Knock Three-One-Two
    12/13/60
- Stagecoach West
  Sherry Hilton
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Storm
    12/13/60
- Coronado 9
  Ann
  - S 1: Ep 14 Remember the Alamo
    12/6/60
- Hong Kong
  Irene Vance
  - S 1: Ep 5 Freebooter
    10/19/60
- Coronado 9
  Doris
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Widow of Kill Cove
    9/6/60
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Sally Lind
  - S 2: Ep 31 Prison Trail
    5/14/60
- Laramie
  Terry Blake
  - S 1: Ep 28 Saddle And Spur
    3/29/60
- Riverboat
  Nora James
  - S 1: Ep 26 Three Graves
    3/14/60
- Zane Grey Theater
  Ruth Clarke
  - S 4: Ep 23 A Small Town That Died
    3/10/60
- Perry Mason
  Mauvis Meade
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
    2/27/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Maggie
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Four of Us are Dying
    1/1/60
- Hawaiian Eye
  Rena
  - S 1: Ep 11 Shipment from Kihei
    12/16/59
- The Man From Blackhawk
  Sarah Marshall
  - S 1: Ep 1 Logan's Policy
    10/9/59
- Western Theater
  Nellie
  - S 1: Ep 8 Killer On Horseback
    8/21/59
- Rawhide
  Jennie Colby
  - S 2: Ep 2 Incident of the Roman Candles
    7/10/59
- The Millionaire
  Louise Benson
  - S 5: Ep 35 Millionaire Louise Benson
    5/20/59
- Yancy Derringer
  Coco LaSalle
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Wayward Warrior
    4/16/59
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Fair Freebooter
    1/15/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Margaret Walston
  - S 3: Ep 23 Hanging Fever
    3/12/59
- Trackdown
  Dora Crow
  - S 2: Ep 25 Hard Lines
    3/11/59
- Texas John Slaughter
  Mrs. Barko
  - S 1: Ep 4 Showdown at Sandoval
    1/23/59
  - S 1: Ep 3 Killers from Kansas
    1/9/59
- Playhouse 90
  Gay Sherman
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Edge of Innocence
    10/31/57
- Telephone Time
  Johanna Van Gogh
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Other Van Gogh
    10/29/57
- Alcoa Theatre
  Ellen
  - S 1: Ep 1 Silhouette of a Killer
    9/30/57
- Climax!
  Daisy
  - S 3: Ep 36 A Taste for Crime
    6/20/57
- Wire Service
  Ellen Gale
  - S 1: Ep 21 Profile Of Ellen Gale
    2/25/57
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 17 To Have and Have Not
    1/17/57
- Zane Grey Theater
  Dr. Ellen Kimberley
  - S 1: Ep 11 Courage Is A Gun
    12/14/56
- Wire Service
  Mrs. Rath
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Johnny Rath Story
    10/25/56
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Maria
  - S 5: Ep 4 Measure of Faith
    10/24/56
- Climax!
  Shirley Connors
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Fog
    9/27/56
- Climax!
  Jean
  - S 2: Ep 44 Throw Away the Cane
    8/23/56
- Four Star Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 35 Second Chance
    6/14/56
  - S 4: Ep 28 Touch and Go
    4/26/56
- Front Row Center
  Ann Kubichek
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Morals Squad
    3/11/56
- Star Stage
  Nellie
  - S 1: Ep 22 Killer on Horseback
    2/3/56
- State Trooper
  Elli Austin
  - S 1: Ep 0 Rodeo Rough House
    2/1/56
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Katey Kersten
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Other Side of the Moon
    1/28/56
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Aimie
  - S 2: Ep 7 Payment In Kind
    1/28/56
- Frontier
  Sarah Garvey
  - S 1: Ep 9 Cattle Drive To Casper
    11/27/55
- Navy Log
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Family Special
    11/8/55
- Studio 57
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 8 Waterhole
    10/22/55
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Sally Torens
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Negative Man
    9/10/55
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 48 Too Late to Run
    8/5/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Joyce Williams
  - S 5: Ep 46 The Creaking Gate
    7/7/55
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  Claire Walkowsky
  - S 2: Ep 37 Woman in the Mine
    6/12/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Valerie
  - S 5: Ep 40 Thunder On The Hill
    5/26/55
- Damon Runyon Theater
  Deborah Weems
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tobias the Terrible
    5/21/55
- City Detective
  Jeanne
  - S 2: Ep 28 Man Down, Woman Screaming
    4/26/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Julia Ross
  - S 5: Ep 32 My Name Is Julia Ross
    3/31/55
- Four Star Playhouse
  Lucille
  - S 3: Ep 26 Nightmare At Lark Cottage
    3/24/55
- The Millionaire
  Clara
  - S 1: Ep 2 Millionaire Carl Nelson
    1/26/55
- Four Star Playhouse
  Julie
  - S 3: Ep 11 Bourbon Street
    12/9/54
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Mary Lou Matthews
  - S 5: Ep 6 Meet Jo Cathart
    9/30/54
- Medic
  Estelle Collins
  - S 1: Ep 1 White is the Color
    9/13/54
- The Lone Ranger
  Lori Lawson
  - S 1: Ep 48 The Beeler Gang
    8/10/50
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Diagnosis Murder
  Stella
  - S 4: Ep 17 Hard-Boiled Murder
    2/13/97

Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Beverly Garland was married twice before marrying real estate developer Fillmore Crank on May 23, 1960. She was briefly married at the age of 18 to Bob Campbell, and was also married to actor Richard Garland from August 13, 1951-1953. Both of these marriages ended in divorce. Garland's 39 year marriage to Crank ended on March 10, 1999 with Crank's death.
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- Beverly has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
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- Beverly attended Glendale Community College from 1943 until 1945.
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- (On acting in B-Movies) Beverly: You don't have to act in these pictures. All you have to do is possess a good pair of lungs. I can scream with more variations from shrill to vibrato than any other girl in pictures.
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