There were some who thought that this actress’s remarkable turn as country singer Patsy Cline, in the Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), would usher in a fecund creative period for the former rock singer, artist, and stage performer; alas, it never really materialized, and D’Angelo remains mired in silly comedies (such as National Lampoon’s Vacation and its sequels) and occasional dramas (such as 1991’s The Miracle Nonetheless, the talented and attractive blonde-easily identifiable by her pale blue eyes, marked overbite, and overripe figure-perseveres. D’Angelo, who once worked for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, played on Broadway in the 1970s before making her film debut in a minuscule part in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977). She moved on to slightly larger roles in that year’s First Love and The Sentinel then Every Which Way but Loose (1978), and Hair (1979), in which she finally got a chance to strut her stuff. Post-Coal Miner’s Daughter she worked in Honky Tonk Freeway, Paternity (both 1981), National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Finders Keepers (1984), Big Trouble, National Lampoon’s European Vacation (both 1985), In the Mood, Maid to Order (all 1987, in the last as Ally Sheedy’s hip fairy godmother), Aria, High Spirits, Trading Hearts (all 1988), Cold Front, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (both 1989), EB>. Who’s Got the Will?, Pacific Heights (both 1990, unbilled in the latter), The Pope Must Die(t), Lonely Hearts (both 1991), and Man Trouble (1992). She has also been active in made-for-TV movies.
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