Beverlee McKinsey (August , â€" May , ) was an American actress. She
is best known for her roles on daytime serials, including Iris Cory
Carrington on Another World and the spin-off series Texas from to
and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light from to .Beverlee McKinsey
was born Beverlee Magruder in McAlester, Oklahoma, on August , . She
was the daughter of Warren and Jewell Magruder of McAlester.McKinsey
graduated from the University of Oklahoma in with a bachelor's degree
in Drama. Her professional career began in the New York theater. She
understudied the leading role of newlywed Corie in the original
Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park and was given the
opportunity to perform the role opposite Robert Redford several times.
She also co-starred as Honey in the London production of Who's Afraid
of Virginia Woolf?, starring Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill. She started
her career in Off-Broadway theater, often appearing alongside James
Earl Jones and Doris Belack.McKinsey moved to Hollywood in the late s,
and after several appearances in episodic television shows and playing
a reporter on the soap opera Love of Life, she landed her first
contract role as Martha Donnelly/Julie Richards (â€") on Love Is a
Many Splendored Thing where she worked with future husband Berkeley
Harris.
is best known for her roles on daytime serials, including Iris Cory
Carrington on Another World and the spin-off series Texas from to
and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light from to .Beverlee McKinsey
was born Beverlee Magruder in McAlester, Oklahoma, on August , . She
was the daughter of Warren and Jewell Magruder of McAlester.McKinsey
graduated from the University of Oklahoma in with a bachelor's degree
in Drama. Her professional career began in the New York theater. She
understudied the leading role of newlywed Corie in the original
Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park and was given the
opportunity to perform the role opposite Robert Redford several times.
She also co-starred as Honey in the London production of Who's Afraid
of Virginia Woolf?, starring Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill. She started
her career in Off-Broadway theater, often appearing alongside James
Earl Jones and Doris Belack.McKinsey moved to Hollywood in the late s,
and after several appearances in episodic television shows and playing
a reporter on the soap opera Love of Life, she landed her first
contract role as Martha Donnelly/Julie Richards (â€") on Love Is a
Many Splendored Thing where she worked with future husband Berkeley
Harris.
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