Farewell to an actress who best dominated a cheesy sci-fi flick as best she could: the role Beverly Garland played in the film of It Conquered The World was a splendid bit of going against the grain of depending on a man for resolvement of problems. While the character Beverly played may not have actually killed the creature from the film herself, she clearly was the catalyst for getting it killed in the end. The episode guide of Mystery Science Theater 3000 puts it best.
Married to an idiot, she realizes it and takes matters into her own hand. She finds the Venusian pickle and delivers a dressing down that had to leave the poor creature more than a little abashed. Unfortunately she's then eaten, but she goes down shooting, probably praying she'll get stuck in the bastard's throat and choke him.
In certain respects it's a ridiculous scene. Yet she delivers her lecture with the strongest commitment you could ever hope for. In that moment she is a woman enraged at a pickle.
Can't say that I recall her work on My Three Sons, but her stellar work on the film that provided the fodder for one of the greatest MST3K episodes of all time should not be unacknowledged.
LA TIMES OBIT
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