R.I.P. Beverly Garland!
By Dennis Dermody
I was saddened to hear of the passing of actress Beverly Garland, who died at age 82. She was an actress that worked her way up from one of Roger Corman's players in such memorable films as Swamp Women (1955), Gunslinger (1954), to battling with the giant cucumber from another planet in It Conquered the World (1956), to Not of the Earth (1957), to starring on TV in Decoy and My Three Sons. I thought she was one of the best screamers in the business in such films as Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956) and the fabulous The Alligator People (1959). But I have great memories of her husky tough demeanor as Tuesday Weld's mom in the brilliant Pretty Poison (1968), as Cookie LaRue in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and when Lou Grant dumped a sundae on her head in a great episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was the kind of actress I always loved in movies -- when she popped up on the screen she always made the movies better.
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Posted at 9:49 on Jan 18, 2009
I was very sad to learn of the passing of Beverly Garland. I remember her from many movies.I especially remember her from My Three Sons. She was not only a lovely looking woman, but a great professional actress.
It has been a pleasure to view the video tapes of My Three Sons(I have taped a lot of them) My Three Sons was a great series,and it was even better when Beverly joined the cast.
Beverly is an actress that I have always admired.
She is now in heaven,with all her loved ones.
God bless you Beverly,and I look forward to seeing you in god's kingdom.
Lots Of Love
Graeme