Beverly Hope Atkinson

Beverly Hope Atkinson (December 9, 1935 – December 11, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress from 1968 until 1991, known for her work playing women down-on-their-luck or caught up in drug addiction.

Career Atkinson studied under Lee Strasberg in the 1960s and later became a member of the Actors Studio. After attending City College of New York, she began her career on the New York stage with the Café LaMama Theater troupe and Theater West in Los Angeles,

Filmography Television

Dark Shadows (1 episode, 1968) Sanford and Son (2 episodes, 1972–1974) Apple's Way (1 episode, 1974) Hustling (1975) Insight (1 episode, 1975) Bronk (1 episode, 1975) Police Story (1 episode, 1975) Law and Order (1976) Executive Suite (1 episode, 1976) ABC Afterschool Specials (1 episode, 1977) Baretta (1 episode, 1978)

Outside Chance (1978) Good Times (1 episode, 1978) Skag (1 episode, 1980) The White Shadow (1 episode, 1980) Trapper John, M.D. (1 episode, 1981) Maid in America (1982) George Burns Comedy Week (1 episode, 1985) Hill Street Blues (6 episodes, 1984–1986) thirtysomething (1 episode, 1990) Never Forget (1991)

Film

The New Centurions (1972) Heavy Traffic (1973) Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

UFOria (1985) Behind God's Back (1989)