Actor: Beverly DAngelo

Beverly D’Angelo played Ellen Griswold across four National Lampoon’s Vacation films, functioning as the only competent adult in a family disintegrating around her.

Coal Miner’s Daughter gave her Patsy Cline, and she does her own singing, earning a Golden Globe nomination.

She was an opera singer and a cartoonist for Hanna-Barbera before acting, and has worked steadily in television. Violent Night gave her a late comic role.