Beulah Garrick

Garrick was born in Nottingham, United Kingdom, and was encouraged to act by her mother, who along with her husband, was very interested in show business and entertainment. She had two older brothers.[2] She started out in theatre in the 1940s.[3] She attended Catholic boarding school. In the 1950s, she was considered to be "one of the top British character actresses".[4] She played Mrs. Donner in a 1958 TV movie version of Johnny Belinda, with a cast that included Julie Harris and Christopher Plummer.[5] In 1960, she portrayed the housemaid Gladys in a TV movie version of Mrs. Miniver. It starred Maureen O'Hara and Leo Genn.

In Dog Day Afternoon (1975), starring Al Pacino, she played the role of Margaret. Upon theatrical release on September 21, 1975, Dog Day Afternoon was a critical and box office success. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2009, Dog Day Afternoon was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Between 1981 and 1983, she appeared in several episodes of the American soap opera Guiding Light.[1] Throughout her career, she appeared in numerous Broadway productions.[6][7]

Garrick turned 100 on 12 June 2021. Her husband was Bernie Pollock, who also worked as an actor. She became a widow in 2016, when he died at age 96.[2]

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