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Beverley Elliott is the Canadian actor who portrays Granny and Granny (Wish Realm) on ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Biography
Beverley Elliott was born on December 31[1] in Listowel, Ontario and moved to Vancouver when she was in her early twenties. She has a daughter named Sally. On the west coast, she was able to combine her acting and singing careers. Beverley starred in the Canadian series Hope Island and was a regular on Bordertown and Mysterious Ways.[2]
Beverley is a regular performer at the Just Singin' Round songwriters showcase as well as various other festivals, benefits, churches, and children's events. In addition, she has performed extensively in British Columbia Theatre, Arts Club Theatre Company and Touchstone Theatre.[3] Her singing career spans three independent CDs; Yellow Dress, a compilation of original songs and two bedtime children's CDs, Dream Child and Magic Carpet Ride. Her song Are You Listening won first prize in British Columbia at the CHUM Radio's national competition.[3] Beverley was a finalist in the 1988 Bud Talent Contest singing at the National Country Music convention in Toronto. She has opened for such major acts as The Oakridge Boys, Jamie Warren, Thomas Wade and the Waywards, and has sung with Long John Baldry, Kathy MacDonald, Jim Byrnes and Lisa Brokop.[2]
Some of her notable acting credits include playing the lead role as Canadian icon Lucille Starr in the theater sensation Back to You, The Life and Music of Lucille Starr as well as successful shows at Firehall Theatre, Blyth Festival and touring with the hit Mom's The Word for six years.[3]
Trivia
- Parodied Adele's song Rolling in the Deep at the Vancouver Union of British Columbia Performers Awards. Four people wrote the song lyrics; including Once Upon a Time co-star Michael Coleman. The song was reworked again for Beverley's 2013 Leo Awards ceremony performance of the song.[4]
- Her favorite episode is "Red-Handed".[5]
- Considers Rebecca Mader to be the funniest cast member.[6]
- Is friends with Once Upon a Time co-stars Anna Galvin and Philip Granger.[7][8]
- Has worked opposite Timothy Webber as his love interest on the television show, Hope Island.[9]
- After the announcement that the seventh season would be the final season of the series, she wrote the following on Twitter:
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season One | ||||||||||
| "Pilot": | "The Thing You Love Most": | "Snow Falls": | "The Price of Gold": | "That Still Small Voice": | "The Shepherd": | "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter": | "Desperate Souls": | "True North": | "7:15 A.M.": | "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree": |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "Skin Deep": | "What Happened to Frederick": | "Dreamy": | "Red-Handed": | "Heart of Darkness": | "Hat Trick": | "The Stable Boy": | "The Return": | "The Stranger": | "An Apple Red as Blood": | "A Land Without Magic": |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Archive | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Two | ||||||||||
| "Broken": | "We Are Both": | "Lady of the Lake": | "The Crocodile": | "The Doctor": | "Tallahassee": | "Child of the Moon": | "Into the Deep": | "Queen of Hearts": | "The Cricket Game": | "The Outsider": |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Absent | Appears | Appears |
| "In the Name of the Brother": | "Tiny": | "Manhattan": | "The Queen Is Dead": | "The Miller's Daughter": | "Welcome to Storybrooke": | "Selfless, Brave and True": | "Lacey": | "The Evil Queen": | "Second Star to the Right": | "And Straight On 'Til Morning": |
| Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Three | ||||||||||
| "The Heart of the Truest Believer": | "Lost Girl": | "Quite a Common Fairy": | "Nasty Habits": | "Good Form": | "Ariel": | "Dark Hollow": | "Think Lovely Thoughts": | "Save Henry": | "The New Neverland": | "Going Home": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Appears | Appears |
| "New York City Serenade": | "Witch Hunt": | "The Tower": | "Quiet Minds": | "It's Not Easy Being Green": | "The Jolly Roger": | "Bleeding Through": | "A Curious Thing": | "Kansas": | "Snow Drifts": | "There's No Place Like Home": |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Appears | Appears | Appears | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Four | ||||||||||
| "A Tale of Two Sisters": |
"White Out": |
"Rocky Road": |
"The Apprentice": |
"Breaking Glass": |
"Family Business": | "The Snow Queen": |
"Smash the Mirror": |
"Fall": | "Shattered Sight": |
"Heroes and Villains": |
| Absent | Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Credit Only |
| "Darkness on the Edge of Town": |
"Unforgiven": | "Enter the Dragon": | "Poor Unfortunate Soul": |
"Best Laid Plans": | "Heart of Gold": | "Sympathy for the De Vil": |
"Lily": | "Mother": | "Operation Mongoose Part 1": |
"Operation Mongoose Part 2": |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Five | |||||||||||
| "The Dark Swan": | "The Price": | "Siege Perilous": | "The Broken Kingdom": | "Dreamcatcher": | "The Bear and the Bow": | "Nimue": | "Birth": | "The Bear King": | "Broken Heart": | "Swan Song": | |
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Absent | |
| "Souls of the Departed": | "Labor of Love": | "Devil's Due": | "The Brothers Jones": | "Our Decay": | "Her Handsome Hero": | "Ruby Slippers": | "Sisters": | "Firebird": | "Last Rites": | "Only You": | "An Untold Story": |
| Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Credit Only |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Six | ||||||||||
| "The Savior": | "A Bitter Draught": | "The Other Shoe": | "Strange Case": | "Street Rats": | "Dark Waters": | "Heartless": | "I'll Be Your Mirror": | "Changelings": | "Wish You Were Here": | "Tougher Than the Rest": |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Credit Only | Absent | Absent | Appears | Appears | Appears | Absent |
| "Murder Most Foul": | "Ill-Boding Patterns": | "Page 23": | "A Wondrous Place": | "Mother's Little Helper": | "Awake": | "Where Bluebirds Fly": | "The Black Fairy": | "The Song in Your Heart": | "The Final Battle Part 1": | "The Final Battle Part 2": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Credit Only | Appears | Appears | Archive | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
| "Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| "A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears |
| Once Upon a Time: Specials | ||||||||||
| "Magic is Coming": |
"The Price of Magic": | "Journey to Neverland": | "Wicked is Coming": | "Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": | ||||||
| Archive | Archive | Archive | Archive | Archive | ||||||
| "Secrets of Storybrooke": | "Dark Swan Rises": | "Evil Reigns Once More": | "The Final Battle Begins": | |||||||
| Archive | Archive | Archive | Archive | |||||||
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.
External links
Beverley Elliott on Internet Movie Database- Beverley Elliott on Wikipedia
- @thereelbeverley (Beverley Elliott) on Instagram
- @TheReelBeverley (Beverley Elliott) on X, formerly Twitter
