Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Her work in feature films was fairly minor, consisting of small parts in a few major productions and leads in lowbudget action or science fiction movies. She may be best remembered as Barbara Harper Douglas, the woman who married widower Steve Douglas in the latter years of the beloved sitcom My Three Sons. She played that role from 1969 until the series ended in 1972. In the 1980s, she costarred as Kate Jacksons widowed mother, Dotty West, in the CBS television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King. She had a recurring role as Ginger Jackson on 7th Heaven.

Garland was born Beverly Lucy Fessenden in Santa Cruz, California, the daughter of Amelia Rose , a businesswoman, and James Atkins Fessenden, a singer and salesman. Garland grew up in Glendale, California. She was a drama student of Anita Arliss.

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