Cynthia Beckert knows ‘Steel Magnolias’ — because she lived it

Cynthia Beckert knows ‘Steel Magnolias’ — because she lived it

Truvy’s at-home beauty parlor in “Steel Magnolias”? Yeah, that’s a real thing. Take it from actor Cynthia Beckert, who lived for a spell in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where the beloved film version of Robert Harling’s 1987 Louisiana-set play was shot. “There were a lot of little beauty salons in people’s houses, in converted garages,” says Beckert, recalling that her grandmother once had her hair done at one of them. “There were limited opportunit…