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Beverly Michaels

Beverly Michaels

Currently Active 1927 — Present
Actressmodel

Personal Info

Born
Dec 29, 1927
Age
98
Birth Place
The Bronx, U.S.

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Born Beverly Eileen Michaels
December 29, 1927
The Bronx, U.S.
Died June 9, 2007 (aged 79)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Beverley Michaels
Occupations
Actressmodel

Beverly Eileen Michaels (December 29, 1927 – June 9, 2007) was an American B-movie actress and cheesecake model of the 1950s.

Michaels began her career at the age of 16 in 1944 as a showgirl at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Nightclub in New York. Her stage debut, also at age 16, was in the play Glad to See You which ran in Philadelphia and Boston from November 1944 to January 1945. After that show closed, she was a dancer in Havana for about a year. Returning to the US, she worked as a chorus girl on Broadway.

Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at the age of 21 and standing at least 5 feet 9 inches tall (some sources cited 6 feet), Michaels quickly found modeling jobs, in which she was initially credited as "Beverley Michaels." Under contract to MGM Studios, she made her first screen appearance in Mervyn LeRoy's East Side, West Side (February 1950), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, James Mason and Van Heflin.

Life & Career Details

Born Beverly Eileen Michaels
December 29, 1927
The Bronx, U.S.
Died June 9, 2007 (aged 79)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Other names Beverley Michaels
Occupations
Actressmodel

Beverly Eileen Michaels (December 29, 1927 – June 9, 2007) was an American B-movie actress and cheesecake model of the 1950s.

Michaels began her career at the age of 16 in 1944 as a showgirl at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Nightclub in New York. Her stage debut, also at age 16, was in the play Glad to See You which ran in Philadelphia and Boston from November 1944 to January 1945. After that show closed, she was a dancer in Havana for about a year. Returning to the US, she worked as a chorus girl on Broadway.

Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at the age of 21 and standing at least 5 feet 9 inches tall (some sources cited 6 feet), Michaels quickly found modeling jobs, in which she was initially credited as "Beverley Michaels." Under contract to MGM Studios, she made her first screen appearance in Mervyn LeRoy's East Side, West Side (February 1950), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, James Mason and Van Heflin.

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