Beverly Garland
Her Life and Career
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About the Book
Named “Television’s First Lady” by Walter Ames of the Los Angeles Times, actress Beverly Garland (1926–2008) is also regarded as a Western and science-fiction film icon. Beverly was TV’s first “police woman” in the landmark series Decoy, and was seen in starring or recurring roles in such popular shows as My Three Sons and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. In addition to more than 700 television appearances, she made more than 55 feature and made-for-television films including the cult classics Not of This Earth, It Conquered the World and The Alligator People.
Working with such stars as Sinatra, Bogart, and Bing Crosby, Beverly Garland had fascinating stories to tell about all of them and many more. This comprehensive biography of Beverly’s life and career includes a foreword and afterword by her colleagues Joseph Campanella and Peggy Webber.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Deborah Del Vecchio
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 255
Bibliographic Info: 40 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2013
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6501-9
eISBN: 978-0-7864-9023-3
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword by Joseph Campanella 1
Introduction 3
1. Beverly Lucy Fessenden 7
2. The Actor’s Life for Me! 12
3. Beverly Campbell 18
4. Beverly Garland 25
5. Somebody Get Me a Medic 32
6. The Beast and the Amazon 42
7. Scream Queen 47
8. The Joker Is Wild 52
9. Decoy 56
10. Return to Gotham 59
11. Coco La Salle, the Lady Pirate 63
12. Where in the World Is Beverly Garland? 68
13. The Miracle Worker 71
14. Stump the Stars 76
15. Twice Told Tales 87
16. The Bing Crosby Show 94
17. Pretty Poison 101
18. My Three Sons 108
19. A Singing Cowboy, Hojo, and the Saga of the
Freeway Chickens 116
20. The Cowboys 120
21. Roller Boogie Mama 128
22. A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 142
23. Scarecrow and Mrs. King 154
24. The Haunted Symphony, Russia and Roger Corman—
Together Again After All These Years 161
25. A Hollywood Survivor 170
26. Fifty Years in Show Business 180
Farewell to Television’s First Lady 189
Epilogue 191
Afterword by Peggy Webber 193
Appendix I: The Television Credits 196
Appendix II: The Film and Made-for-Television Movie Credits 202
Chapter Notes 225
Select Bibliography 236
Index 23
Book Reviews & Awards
“Must-read”—Midwest Book Review; “lively with feisty quotes”—Bookgasm; “an excellent job…a very thorough, interesting, informative, and entertaining look at a long, successful career and a happy productive life that is filled with exciting situations and interesting individuals…indispensable…most highly recommended”—Examiner.com; “wonderful book, very well written, and full of juicy stories. What more could a film fan want!”—Little Shoppe of Horrors; “traces [Garland’s] life and long career as television’s first lady”—Reference & Research Book News.
