Beverly D’Angelo Reveals Why She’s Gone ‘off the Radar’ & Shares What She’s up to Recently

Beverly D'Angelo explained her absence to fans in a March 5, 2023, reel. In preparation for a part of a homeless woman with mental health issues, she spoke to 31 people in the shelter system. The actress promised to post more about the homeless crises and the project.

Deadline reported last week that Beverly D'Angelo is starring in "No Address," with William Baldwin, Xander Berkeley, and Ashanti. The drama is currently being filmed in Sacramento by British director Julia Verdin and was endorsed by multiple organizations supporting homeless individuals.

A fan from Texas commented, "People forget that homeless people have feelings and need to vent and tell their stories. Thank you for what you did." Another drew a parallel between how she "absorbs the reality" of her parts and her being an "outstanding actress and person."

Beverly D'Angelo Once Admitted She Doubted Herself as a Perfect Fit for a Role She Was Cast In

D'Angelo did not think she was a good fit to portray Ellen Griswold in 1983's "National Lampoon's Vacation" with Chevy Chase. The film did well at the box office and with critics, spawning three sequels.

The 71-year-old actress tweeted in December 2022 that she is having the "best fun" of her career lately.

Italian aristocrat Lorenzo Salviati, her husband at the time, encouraged her to change the material, which he considered funny. She had "great chemistry" with Chase, which eased her resolve to turn down the film. The actress based her character on her mother, Priscilla Ruth Smith.

Retirement Is Not yet in Beverly D'Angelo's Mind

The juicy parts inevitably became more scarce in an industry that had D'Angelo play a mother to a teenager at 30 (her "Vacation" son Anthony Michael Hall was only 17 years her junior). The veteran actress says she kept taking roles, even when the material was "so-so," for a reason:

"My real skill was figuring out how to take a bad script and a nothing role and turn it into something that was meaningful to me."

The 71-year-old actress tweeted in December 2022 that she is having the "best fun" of her career lately. She encouraged her followers to check out her interview with PEOPLE ("what a hoot") and said: "I'm grateful for every minute I feel seen and heard!"

Beverly D'Angelo played Gertrude Lightstone, a character she called "Ellen Griswold on steroids" if she had been a widowed matriarch of a prosperous family, in the 2022 comedy thriller "Violent Night," opposite David Harbour.