Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland (October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science fiction movies. She may be best remembered as Barbara Harper Douglas, the woman who married widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) in the latter years of the sitcom My Three Sons.:736 She played that role from 1969 until the series ended in 1972. In the 1980s, she co-starred as Kate Jackson's widowed mother, Dotty West, in the CBS television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King.:933 She had a recurring role as Ginger Jackson on 7th Heaven.:950 In 1958–1959, she starred in the TV crime-drama Decoy, which ran for 39 episodes. 2Early life and career Garland was born Beverly Lucy Fessenden in Santa Cruz, California, the daughter of Amelia Rose (née Scherer), a businesswoman, and James Atkins Fessenden, a singer and salesman. Garland grew up in Glendale, California. She was a drama student of Anita Arliss. She was a student at Glendale City College, and she honed her acting skills in summer stock theatre. Garland played Nina in the drama Mama Rosa in 1950.:648 In the 1950s, many of her roles were of secure, tough women who could handle themselves in violent situation