Biography for Beverly Garland (I) Mini biography Born Beverly Fessenden 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 and then in Phoenix, after her family relocated to Arizona. Garland also worked in radio and appeared scantily clad in a few risque shorts (with titles like "Fanny With the Cheeks of Tan") before making her feature film debut in a supporting part in "D.O.A". (1950). Her husbands include actor Richard Garland and her present spouse, land developer Fillmore Crank, who built the two hotels which bear her name. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMDb mini-biography by Tom Weaver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse 'Filmore Crank' (1959 - ?) (his death); 1 daughter 'Richard Garland' (1949 - 1953) (divorced) Richard Garland (1949 - 1953) (divorced) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia Daughter, Carrington, with Crank. Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Actress. (b. Oct. 17, 1926, Santa Cruz, Cal., as Beverly Fessenden.) In her peak year, 1956, this spunky B-movie ingenue starred in five movies for just one producer (Roger Corman): It Conquered the World, Gunslinger, Not of This Earth, Swamp Women and Naked Paradise None of them, we might add, were Oscar contenders, but they did showcase this dynamic blond actress at her low-budget best. Debuting in the 1949 thriller D.O.A (billed as Beverly Campbell), the sultry Garland enjoyed a brief stint at MGM before winding up, alledgedly the victim of a studio blacklist, as a favorite ingenue of indie producers. She did have a small role in Paramount's The Desperate Hours (1955), but toiled on low-budgeters for most of the next 10 years. Significantly, in 1957 she landed the lead in "Decoy," playing TV's first distaff police officer in a brief but wellremembered series. She appeared more frequently on TV in the 1960s, playing Bing Crosby's wife on his 1964 series, and joining the cast of "My Three Sons" as Fred MacMurray's new wife in 1969. Her acting assignments of late, save for a supporting role on the TV series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983-1987), have been scarce. She is now a successful Southern California hotelier. Copyright ©1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.