Happy 75th Birthday to Beverly D’Angelo — The Woman Who Kept Clark Griswold in Line!
SERPENTORSLAIR.COM | GEN-X CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT Beverly D’Angelo Turns 75: Celebrating the Woman Who Made Ellen Griswold a Gen-X Icon From National Lampoon’s Vacation to Christmas Vacation, the actress helped create one of America’s most unforgettable movie families. By Adam Jared | November 15, 2026 Beverly D’Angelo in 2012. Photo: The Drama League / Rob Rich, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. For an entire generation of moviegoers, she will always be Ellen Griswold: the beautiful, patient, quick-witted wife who somehow held her family together while her husband transformed every vacation…
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