In 2012, she landed a recurring role in the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives as Lexie Carver's mother, Celeste Perrault. She later reunited with Morgan in the 2007 comedy-drama film, The Bucket List.Īs well as guest starring in 9-1-1, Beverly has appeared in other major TV shows such as House, The Closer and Grey's Anatomy. She went on to star in leading roles in several films, including 1988 comedy, Moving, opposite Richard Pryor, and 1989 drama, Lean on Me, with Morgan Freeman. Viewers may also recognise Beverly for her role playing the older version of Fanta in the miniseries Roots, for which she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. The actress boasts an impressive list of screen credits, appearing in daytime soap opera, Love of Life, for two years from 1968, as well as the 1968 PBS production of Six Characters in Search of an Author. The pair shared a son together, Malik Smith, who tragically died in 1989 at the age of 18 after being beaten at a teen youth center while on spring break.

The final issue was published on February 16, 1999. She played All My Children (1970)s Kit Montgomery from September 1998. The actress was married to film producer-director Kris Keiser for five years from 1970 to 1975. Soap Opera Magazine was a weekly periodical devoted to interviews and recaps of American soap opera and was run for many years by American Media until the company, which had lost money for years, decided to cease publication of the magazine, focusing instead on their tabloid endeavors. Named one of Daytimes 50 Rising Stars in Soap Opera News magazine in January 1999. Beverly with Sidney Poitier in They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

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