Beverly Bentley

" (1989; produced by Michael Mailer, with Sandra Bullock); and "Painted Sun" by Gary Wortzel. Television credits include "Naked City", "The Defenders", Norman Mailer's "Omnibus", "Eurydice" aka "Point of Departure" (opposite William Shatner as Orpheus), "Tiger At The Gate" as Helen Of Troy, and "The Woman Rebel" on PBS with Piper Laurie.

She also appeared in "The Heroine" in 1963 at the Lyceum Theater, where she exhibited rare gifts as a comedienne and received rave reviews. Off-Off Broadway saw her in "Tennessee" by Romulus Linney and "When I Was Your Age", directed by Pamela Berlin, both at The Ensemble Studio Theatre. She also appeared in "Transatlantic Bridge" at Playwright's Horizon and "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe" at Image Theatre. Off-Broadway she appeared in "Deer Park" by her husband Norman Mailer.

Married in 1963, she had two sons, Michael Mailer, a film producer, and Stephen Mailer, an actor; two of the most important productions she will ever be involved in In 1966, she was one of four producers who founded Act IV. She brought in the first play through her friend and fellow student Joe Chaikin, founder of Open Theater and collaborator with Sam Shepard. The play was Sharon Thie's Soon Jack November.

In 1957, she made her Broadway debut at the Plymouth Theater in Peter Ustinov's "Romanoff and Juliet", directed by George S. Kaufman.

Some of her film credits include "A Face In The Crowd" (1957) by Elia Kazan, "Scent Of Mystery" (1966), co-starring Peter Lorre, and Denholm Elliott; "Religion, Inc.

She made her theatrical debut Off-Off Broadway in 1955 where she appeared as Connie Bliss in Clifford Odets' "The Big Knife", directed by her mentor Nola Chilton.

Beverly Bentley, originally of Atlanta, Georgia, began her career in 1951 in New York appearing on live television. She is a member of AEA, AFTRA, and SAG.