Beverly Garland
Birthday: 17 October 1926, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Birth Name: Beverly Lucy Fessenden
Born in Santa Cruz, California, Beverly Garland studied dramatics under Anita Arliss, the sister of renowned stage and screen star George Arliss. She acted in little theater in Glendale then in Phoeni ...Show More
[on Richard Boone, with whom she worked on Medic (1954)] . . . such a good actor--a special man. Jus Show more
[on Richard Boone, with whom she worked on Medic (1954)] . . . such a good actor--a special man. Just wonderful. He was not good looking, he had bad skin and was very homely--but a brilliant actor. Hide
Maybe I do come on strong, and people sense in me a strength and a positiveness . . . It's really th Show more
Maybe I do come on strong, and people sense in me a strength and a positiveness . . . It's really the way I look and act, not the way I am . . . Once you cut through the protective coating, I'm strictly molasses. Hide
[on Robert Culp, with whom she worked in Trackdown (1957)] I am not mad for him! It was awful for me Show more
[on Robert Culp, with whom she worked in Trackdown (1957)] I am not mad for him! It was awful for me to work with him. He didn't give me anything. Very selfish. I can't work with someone who doesn't give something back. I need feedback for me to do my work. I was out on a limb. If you don't get something, you can't give something back. I don't know about others, but Robert Culp just didn't give me anything! Hide
[referring to her 1950s Roger Corman cult films] It's funny today because it's so ridiculous. But at Show more
[referring to her 1950s Roger Corman cult films] It's funny today because it's so ridiculous. But at the time, it was very serious! We were just actors doing our best, I think. None of us overacted. I'm not saying we weren't good. We didn't do it tongue-in-cheek. We really meant it. We gave our all. We were serious, good actors and we played it seriously. Hide
[on Neville Brand] We did a lot of stuff together, including a picture in Japan. I stayed home and h Show more
[on Neville Brand] We did a lot of stuff together, including a picture in Japan. I stayed home and he went out with the girls; then at three or four in the morning, he would tell me all about them. What a drinker! Hide
[on John Bromfield, with whom she worked on Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)] He's a terribly hand Show more
[on John Bromfield, with whom she worked on Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)] He's a terribly handsome man. He didn't care if he acted or not--he wanted to go fishing! Which is probably what he's doing these days. John was just a love; a very handsome, good looking guy. Hide
[on Robert Loggia] . . . he was wonderful. Quiet; very intelligent. He had a lot of pizzazz.
[on Robert Loggia] . . . he was wonderful. Quiet; very intelligent. He had a lot of pizzazz.
[on Jock Mahoney] Jocko was a close friend; I knew him when he was still a stuntman. We did Yancy De Show more
[on Jock Mahoney] Jocko was a close friend; I knew him when he was still a stuntman. We did Yancy Derringer (1958) together. He was one of my favorite people. Hide
[on Robert Conrad] Thank goodness we didn't have any love scenes together. I am taller than Robert C Show more
[on Robert Conrad] Thank goodness we didn't have any love scenes together. I am taller than Robert Conrad, but then, who isn't? He's a tiny man. Hide
[on acting in "B" movies] You don't have to act in these pictures. All you have to do is possess a g Show more
[on acting in "B" movies] 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. Hide
[on Wayne Morris, with whom she worked on The Desperado (1954) and Two Guns and a Badge (1954)] He w Show more
[on Wayne Morris, with whom she worked on The Desperado (1954) and Two Guns and a Badge (1954)] He was no longer a star. This was not Warner Bros.! He was nice, but heavy. He had to have a box to get on his horse! I didn't hang around with him so I didn't know about his drinking--but from his being puffy, I certainly suspected it. Hide
Beverly Garland'S roles
