A Remembrance

In Memory of Beverly Bentley

Authors

  • Michael Mailer Author

Keywords:

Beverly Bentley, tribute, theater, Provincetown, Act IV, Michael Mailer

Abstract

Michael Mailer remembers his mother, Beverly Bentley, tracing her journey from Georgia to stage and screen, her marriage to Norman Mailer, her role in founding Provincetown’s Act IV theater, and her devotion to her sons.

Author Biography

  • Michael Mailer

    Michael Mailer has been working extensively in the independent film world since graduating Fr0m Harvard University. His first feature film, A Fool And His Money, starred Sandra Bullock and George Plimpton. Mailer has gone on to produce over 25 features. His films include the critically acclaimed Two Girls and a Guy, starring Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, and Natasha Gregson Wagner; Black and White, starring Ben Stiller, Brooke Shields, Elijah Wood, and Mike Tyson; and Empire, starring John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, and Peter Sarsgaard. Mailer also found success in films like Lost Junction with Neve Campbell; The Last Producer with Burt Reynolds, Lauren Holly, and Benjamin Bratt; and Harvard Man, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, and Adrian Grenier. In 2003, Mailer produced Devour, starring Hollywood up-and-comers Jensen Ackles, Shannon Sossamon, and Dominique Swain and Loverboy with all-star cast Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Campbell Scott, and Matt Dillon.

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Published

2020-10-15

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Tributes

How to Cite

Mailer, Michael. “A Remembrance: In Memory of Beverly Bentley”. The Mailer Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Oct. 2020, pp. 221–223, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/732.