Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 â€" December 5,
2008) was an American actress. 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. On television, she had
prominent recurring roles on several popular series.Beverly Lucy
Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 â€" December 5, 2008) was an
American actress. 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. On television, she had prominent recurring
roles on several popular series.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 in that role from 1969 until the series concluded in 1972. In
the 1980s, she co-starred as Dotty West, the mother of Kate Jackson's
character, in the CBS television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King.:933
She had a recurring role as Ginger Jackson on 7th Heaven.:950 In
1957â€"1958, she starred in the TV crime-drama Decoy, which ran for 39
episodes.Beverly Lucy Fessenden was born on October 17, 1926, 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. The family subsequently moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where
she graduated from North High School. She was a student at Glendale
City College, and she honed her acting skills in summer stock theatre. Beverly Garland Top Movies & Young Movies