Trivia

McKinsey's character, Iris Cory Carrington Delaney Bancroft, on Un autre monde (1964) proved so popular that she was made the star of the soap's spin-off series, Texas (1980). McKinsey remains the last star on daytime television to be given star billing in a soap opera. It includes her face & the words "Starring Beverlee McKinsey".

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 lived in Southern California near her son, Scott McKinsey, his second wife Nancy Bates, spending time with her grandchild.

Was nominated four times for a Daytime Emmy but never won for her role as Iris Carrington (1970-1979) on Un autre monde (1964).

Moved to Hollywood in the late 1960s appearing on prime time television and in minor film roles before securing attention as a villainess in daytime drama.

Was married three times.

In 1984, shortly before his death, Beverlee married her long-time companion Berkeley Harris. They had been together since the early 1970s.

She lives in California near her son, Scott McKinsey and his wife, Tippy Bushkin, and is retired from acting. (2001)

Mother-in-law of Nancy Bates.

Beverlee's second husband was actor Angus Duncan. Both he and Beverlee appeared on Hôpital central (1963) but at different times and after their divorce.

She died at the Olympic Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

Earned bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Oklahoma in 1956.

She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1956 with a Bachelor's Degree in Drama.

Mother of Scott McKinsey.

Began her career off-Broadway, acting with James Earl Jones, Doris Belack and the late Severn Darden.

Worked with her late husband, Berkeley Harris on the defunct soap opera, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967).

Ex-mother-in-law of Tippy Bushkin.

She is survived by her nephew, Mark Goodwin and his wife, Carol, of Oklahoma City; her niece Kimberli Goodwin Gillette and her husband Lewis of Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma; and her grand-niece and nephew, Andrew and Emily Goodwin of Norman Oklahoma.

She was the daughter of Warren and Jewell Magruder of McAlester, Oklahoma.

She has one grandson, Marley McKinsey.

Ex-stepmother of Angus Duncan Mackintosh.

Her sister, Wanda Lou Magruder Goodwin, (1926) died on February 11, 2007 in Anadarko, Oklahoma.

Upon her death, she was cremated.