Beverly Garland
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Beverly Garland (October 17, 1926 - December 5, 2008) was an American film and television actress. She is known to international cult audiences for her roles in the Roger Corman films It Conquered the World, Swamp Women, Naked Paradise and Not of This Earth.
Her 1950s acting roles tended to be tough women who could handle themselves in violent situations. 1956 was a busy year for Garland as she played a female sheriff in the Western Gunslinger, a prison escapee in Swamp Women and a scientist's wife who battles an alien in It Conquered the World (All three movies were directed by Roger Corman. She was also featured in Curt Siodmak's Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956).
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Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | D.O.A. | Miss Foster | Credited as Beverly Campbell |
| The Lone Ranger | Laura Lawson | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1951 | Strictly Dishonorable | Armorclad Mentoring Isabelle in opera Caesar | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Neanderthal Man | Nola Mason, waitress | |
| 1954 | Medic | Estelle Collins | TV, 1 episode, nominated for Best Actress in a Single Performance Emmy Award |
| 1954-1956 | Four Star Playhouse | Various roles | TV, 4 episodes |
| 1955 | Swamp Women | Vera | |
| Navy Log | Sally | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1955-1959 | The Millionaire | Louise Benson/Clara | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1956 | The Ford Television Theatre | Maria Perrin | TV, 1 episode |
| 1956-1957 | Wire Service | Ellen Gale | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1956-1959 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Various roles | TV, 4 episodes |
| 1957 | Not of This Earth | Nurse Nadine Storey | |
| Playhouse 90 | Gay Sherman | TV, 1 episode | |
| The Joker Is Wild | Cassie Mack | ||
| 1957-1959 | Decoy | Casey Jones | TV, 37 episodes |
| 1959 | Yancy Derringer | Coco LaSalle | TV, 2 episodes |
| The Alligator People | Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin | ||
| Hawaiian Eye | Rena Harrison | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1959-1963 | Rawhide | Jennie Colby | TV, 3 episodes |
| 1959-1967 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mrs. Barko | TV, 6 episodes |
| 1960 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Pearl Hart | TV, 1 episode |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sally Lind | TV, 1 episode | |
| Hong Kong | Irene Vance | TV, 1 episode | |
| Thriller | Ruth Kenton | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1961 | Checkmate | Jean | TV, 1 episode |
| The Asphalt Jungle | Caroline | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1961-1962 | Dr. Kildare | Ann/Cynthia | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1962 | Bus Stop | Episode "Summer Lightning" | TV, 1 episode |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | Jeanette | TV, 1 episode |
| The Nurses | Ginny Nemets | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | Katherine Channing | TV, 1 episode |
| Twice-Told Tales | Alice Pyncheon | ||
| The Fugitive | Nurse Doris Stillwell | TV, 1 episode | |
| The Farmer's Daughter | TV, 1 episode | ||
| 1963-1970 | Gunsmoke | Various roles | TV, 4 episodes |
| 1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | JoAnne Kling | TV, 1 episode |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Kate | TV, 1 episode |
| Laredo | Aggie | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Ross Guttley | TV, 1 episode |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | Dorothy Shaw | TV, 1 episode |
| 1967-1969 | The Wild Wild West | Celia Rydell/Sally Yarnell | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1968 | The Mothers-in-Law | Audrey Fleming | TV, 1 episode |
| Pretty Poison | Mrs. Stepanek | ||
| 1968-1973 | Mannix | Edna Restin | TV, 3 episodes |
| 1969 | Here's Lucy | Secretary | TV, 1 episode |
| 1969-1972 | My Three Sons | Barbara Harper Douglas | TV, 6 episodes |
| 1970 | Then Came Bronson | Beth Morse | TV, 1 episode |
| 1972 | The Mod Squad | TV, 1 episode | |
| Temperatures Rising | Claudia | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1972-1975 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Nancy Zimmer | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Mrs. Varni | TV, 1 episode |
| The Rookies | Pat Whitfield | TV, 1 episode | |
| Cannon | Cecilia Thatcher | TV, 1 episode | |
| The New Adventures of Perry Mason | Laura Lee | TV, 1 episode | |
| Love, American Style | Maria Lombardi | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1974 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Mother | |
| Airport 1975 | Mrs. Scott Freeman | ||
| Ironside | Andrea Reynolds | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1974-1975 | Medical Center | Kay/Madeline Stockwood | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1976-1977 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Cookie LaRue | TV, 16 episodes |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Thelma | TV, 1 episode |
| Lanigan's Rabbi | TV, 1 episode | ||
| The Tony Randall Show | Sylvia Needleman | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1979 | How the West Was Won | Hanna | TV, 1 episode |
| Charlie's Angels | Pat Justice | TV, 1 episode | |
| Roller Boogie | Lillian Barkley | ||
| 1980 | Trapper John, M.D. | Mrs. Kaufman | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Real Grandma | TV, 1 episode |
| Flamingo Road | TV, 1 episode | ||
| Magnum, P.I. | Florence Russell | TV, 1 episode | |
| Matt Houston | Mrs. Chapman | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1982-1983 | Remington Steele | Abigail Holt | TV, 2 episodes |
| 1983-1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dorothy "Dotty" West | TV, 88 episodes |
| 1985 | Hotel | Alice Korman | TV, 1 episode |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Lucy Rowens | TV, 1 episode | |
| 1991 | P.S. I Luv U | Emma | TV, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Friends | Aunt Iris | TV, 1 episodes |
| Ellen | Eva | TV, 1 episodes | |
| 1995-1997 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Ellen Lane | TV, 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Diagnosis Murder | Stella | TV, 1 episode |
| 1997-2004 | 7th Heaven | Ginger | TV, 9 episodes |
| 1998 | Teen Angel | Grandma | TV, 2 episodes |
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