Beverly Heather D'AngeloΒ (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in theΒ National Lampoon's VacationΒ films (1983β2015).Β She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for aΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ for her role asΒ Patsy ClineΒ inΒ Coal Miner's DaughterΒ (1980) and for anΒ Emmy AwardΒ for her role asΒ Stella KowalskiΒ in the TV filmΒ A Streetcar Named DesireΒ (1984). D'Angelo's other film roles include Sheila Franklin inΒ HairΒ (1979) and Doris Vinyard inΒ American History XΒ (1998). Description above from the Wikipedia article Beverly D'Angelo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.