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) and is a musician. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Beverly D'Angelo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Paris Paramount
• 2026Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead — Sandra
• 2026Christmas at the Kringles
• 2026Sleepwalker — Gloria, Executive Producer
• 2026The Christmas Heartbeat — Ann
• 2025No Address — Dora
• 2024Drugstore June — Marla
• 2024Summer Camp — Jane
• 2024The Trainer — Jack's Mother
• True Lies — Susan Trilby
• 2022Violent Night — Gertrude
• 2021The Good House — Mamie Lang
• 2019The Unicorn — Edie
• 2018Frat Pack — Moira
• Insatiable — Stella Rose Buckley
• 2017Busty Blondes With Natural Racks — (archive footage)
• 2017Lady-Like — Dean Melissa
• 2017Under the Bed — Sandra Monroe
• 2017Wakefield — Babs
• 2016Dreamland — Marie
• Party Girl — Fay
• Shooter — National Security Advisor Gregson
• 2015Accidental Love — Helen Eckle
• 2015The Comments — Barb
• 2015Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• Friends with Better Lives — Gretchen
• 2014Playing It Cool — Lyle's Girlfriend
• 2014The Michaels — Millie Barnworth
• 2013All American Christmas Carol — Wanda / Ghost of Christmas Future
• 2013Bounty Killer — Lucille
• Mom — Lorraine
• 2013The Good Mother — Judge Kennedy
• 2012I Heart Shakey — Sheila
• 2010Hotel Hell Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Sheila Altoonian (voice), Mom (voice)
• 2010Shit Year — Thanks
• 2009Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure — Aunt Zelda
• Cougar Town — Sheila Keller
• 2008Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay — Sally
• 2008The House Bunny — Mrs. Hagstrom
• 2007Battle for Terra — Interrogator Wright (voice)
• 2007Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest — Ellen Griswold (voice)
• 2007Game of Life — Kathy
• 2006Gamers — Gordon's Mom
• 2006Relative Strangers — Angela Minnola
• 2005Special Thanks To Roy London
• Entourage — Barbara Miller
• 2004Hair High — Darlene (voice)
• 2004King of the Corner — Betsy Ingraham
• 2001On the Edge — Bag Lady (segment "Happy Birthday")
• 2001Summer Catch — Lusty House Mother
• 2001Women in Film — Phyllis Wolf
• Talk to Me
• Family Guy — Ellen Griswold (voice)
• 1999Lansky — Teddy Lansky
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Rebecca Balthus, Serafina Carisi
• 1999Sugar Town — Jane
• 1998A Rat's Tale — Mrs. Dollart
• 1998American History X — Doris
• 1998Illuminata — Astergourd
• 1998Merchants of Venus — Mistress Cody
• Rude Awakening — Syd Gibson
• 1998With Friends Like These — Theresa Carpenter
• 1997Love Always — Miranda
• 1997Nowhere — Dark's Mom
• 1997Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills — Pixie Chandler, Associate Producer
• 1997Vegas Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• 1996Edie & Pen — Barlady
• 1996Eye for an Eye — Dolly Green
• 1996Sweet Temptation — Jesse Larson
• 1996Widow's Kiss — Vivian Fairchild
• 1995Talking With — Alain (segment "Marks")
• 1994Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence — Annie Hayes
• 1994Lightning Jack — Lana Castel
• 1994Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills — Kitty Menendez
• 1994The Crazysitter — Edie
• Frasier — Audrey (voice)
• 1993Judgment Day: The John List Story — Helen List
• 1993The Switch — Dee (uncredited)
• 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story — Jerry Sherwood
• 1992Man Trouble — Andy Ellerman
• 1992Trial: The Price of Passion — Johnnie Faye Boudreau
• 1991Lonely Hearts — Alma
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Joyce
• 1991The Miracle — Renee Baker
• 1991The Pope Must Die — Veronica Dante
• 1990Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? — Evalita
• 1990Pacific Heights — Ann Miller (uncredited)
• 1989Cold Front — Amanda O'Rourke
• 1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• Tales from the Crypt — Janice Baird
• The Simpsons — Lurleen Lumpkin (voice)
• 1988High Spirits — Sharon Brogan Crawford
• 1988Trading Hearts — Donna Nottingham
• 1987Aria — Gilda
• 1987Hands of a Stranger — Mary Hearn
• 1987In the Mood — Francine Glatt
• 1987Maid to Order — Stella Winston
• 1987The Man Who Fell to Earth — Eva Milton
• 1986Big Trouble — Blanche Rickey
• 1986Slow Burn — Laine Fleischer
• 1985Doubletake — Caroline Wallace
• 1985Get Out of My Room
• 1985National Lampoon's European Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• Tall Tales & Legends — Katrina Van Tassel
• 1985The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Katrina Van Tassel
• 1984A Streetcar Named Desire — Stella DuBois Kowalski
• 1984Finders Keepers — Standish Logan
• 1984Highpoint — Lise
• 1983National Lampoon's Vacation — Ellen Griswold
• 1983Sleeping Beauty — Henbane
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Henbane
• 1981Honky Tonk Freeway — Carmen Odessa Shelby
• 1981Paternity — Maggie
• 1980Coal Miner's Daughter — Patsy Cline
• 1979Hair — Sheila Franklin
• 1978Every Which Way but Loose — Echo
• 1977Annie Hall — Actress in Rob's TV Show
• 1977First Love — Shelley
• 1977The Sentinel — Sandra
• Captains and the Kings — Miss Emmy
• Grace Period
• Kill Me Now
• Last Hand — Lilith Fudent
• Masha's Mushrooms — Paige
• Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
• The Good Life
• The Prince
• Unfriendly Fire — Gen. Lisa Hertz

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not — Self
• 2020The Tribe Remembers — Self
• 2017When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy — Self
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Actress
• 2011Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression — Self
• 2002The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase — Self - Roaster
• 1999Get Bruce! — Self
• 1999Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self