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Beverlee McKinsey

  • 67 years old
  • Female
  • Born Aug 09, 1940
  • Died May 02, 2008
  • California United States
Beverlee was a magnificent woman on-screen and off. Viewers will always remember her for her famous roles in various soap operas. Lets celebrate her life by sharing our thoughts, photos, and video clips.
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Woman of Beauty and Soul

Beverlee McKinsey, a well-known soap opera actress of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s who played memorably strong women on “Another World” and “Guiding Light,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. She was 72 and lived in Los Angeles.

The cause was complications of a kidney transplant, her son, Scott McKinsey, said.

From 1970 to 1979, Ms. McKinsey played Iris Carrington, a manipulative, father-obsessed woman, on “Another World,” broadcast on NBC. She reprised the role in 1980 and ’81 on the spinoff “Texas,” also on NBC.

From 1984 to 1992, Ms. McKinsey played the wealthy matriarch Alexandra Spaulding on “Guiding Light,” on CBS.

Beverlee Magruder was born on Aug. 9, 1935, in McAlester, Okla. She earned a bachelor’s degree in drama from the University of Oklahoma in 1956. In the 1960s and afterward she made guest appearances on many TV shows, including “Mannix,” “Hawaii Five-O” and “McMillan & Wife.”

On Broadway, Ms. McKinsey appeared in the short-lived play “Mert & Phil” (1974), which starred Estelle Parsons. She played the young wife, Honey, in the original London production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in 1964, opposite Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill.

Ms. McKinsey returned briefly to soap operas in 1994, in the role of Myrna Slaughter on “General Hospital,” on ABC.

Ms. McKinsey’s first marriage, to Mark McKinsey, ended in divorce, as did her second, to Angus Duncan. She married her longtime companion, Berkeley Harris, shortly before his death in 1984. Besides her son, a director of “General Hospital,” she is survived by a grandson.

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Marie W.

Marie Williams Apr 22, 2012

This actress was so wonderful as "Iris", on Another World. I know you were not supposed to like her character, but I did. She was one of the best daytime actresses ever!! I will always remember her, and always admire her talent. May God bless her. (I hope her family knows she is in the hearts of many.)

My favorite daytime actress

hotnfla Jul 30, 2011

Becareful what you go searching for, you may just find what you are NOT looking for.. I'm so saddened. I watched Beverlee McKinsey as a high school teen when she started the Soap "Texas" and crossed over from Another World as Iris . I always thought that is one beautiful woman and I loved her voice, she could captivate a audiance and keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what she was up to next. When the romantic storyline of Alex Wheeler and Iris Carrington started, me and my girlfriends were hooked, we were going to marry our own Alex Wheeler and become Iris our selves...I know Ms. McKinsey perferred playing the part's of a evil queen, but her softer side of acting was the best part of her for me..I loved her romantic side of acting. Her acting skills were as sharp as a razor, she just really became that person and you clung to every action and word in the story. I don't know that I will search anymore of the Where are they now articles, because I feel like a arrow has pierced my years gone by teenage heart, but with all that being said, I found your memorial and it is absolutely beautiful and very well fitting for a wonderful actress Ms. Beverlee McKinsey, may she rest in peace.

THE EMPRESS OF DAYTIME

MARK Sep 28, 2010

I REMEMBER BEING AT HOME OR AT MY NANAS, I WAS 6 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW HER PLAY IRIS ON ANOTHER WORLD!!! I WAS IN AWE OF HER
AT THAT AGE AND STILL AM!!! THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY ONE LIKE HER
AND NEVER WILL!!! SHE IS THE ONLY ACTRESS TO HAVE TOP BILLING ON A SOAP BUT SHE DID!! NO ONE EVER ACCOMPLISHED THAT OTHER THAN HER!!! I FOLLOWED HER TO TEXAS, THEN SHE WAS GONE FOR TWO YEARS!!! DUE TO CANCER HITTING HER LOVE BERKLEY HARRIS!!! THEN PAM LONG WHOM SHE ACTED WITH ON TEXAS CREATED THE ROLE OF ALEXANDRA SPAULDING FOR BEVERLEE!!! THEN WE ALL WERE BLESSED
TO SEE HER FULL THROTTLE!!! A BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS IS A DIME A DOZEN!! ONE WHOM IS BEAUTIFUL,GRACEFUL,ELEGANT,WITTY,HUGELY TALENTED, AND TOUGH AS NAILS BUT WITH A HEART, WHAT A DIAMOND!!! THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS "THE HOPE DIAMOND OF DAYTIME!!!!"
I HAVE WATCHED SOAPS MOST OF MY LIFE NOW THE ONLY ONE I WATCH IS YAND R, ALOT OF THEM ARE GONE I GREW UP WITH YAND R, THE DOCTORS,SEARCH FOR TOMORROW,DAYS OF OUR LIVES, GENERAL HOSPITAL MY FAVES ANOTHER WORLD AND GUILDING LIGHT!!!! LOOKING AT THEM KNOW THERE IS NO ONE YOU IS IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS BEVERLEE MC KINSEY!!!! DON'T GET ME WRONG THERE ARE SOME GOOD
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OUT THERE THEY JUST AREN'T THE SAME CALIBER!!! SHE SURPASSED DAYTIME!!! SHE COULD HAVE HAD A MOVIE CAREER!!! SHE DID SOME MOVIES, SHE COULD HOLD HER OWN WITH OR AGAINST ANY BODY IN THE BUSSINESS!!!!!

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Liz Sep 01, 2009

As a little girl growing up on the farm, I remember everyday mom would stop whatever she was doing and the world would stop so she could watch Another World. I even remember Mac and Iris and Rachel. The memory of this wonderful actress will long be remembered by so many people like me that grew up with the show.

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