Beah Richards
Acting • Born 1920-07-12 – Died 2000-09-14
Biography
Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer. Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her supporting role in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1968, as well as winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles in the television series Frank's Place in 1988 and The Practice in 2000. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1965 production of The Amen Corner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beah Richards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
64 credits
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Movie • 1967
Mrs. Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
Movie • 1967
Mama Caleba
Mahogany
Movie • 1975
Florence
Footsteps
Movie • 1972
Jessie Blake
One Special Victory
Movie • 1991
Cora Simms
Zora is My Name!
Movie • 1990
Homer and Eddie
Movie • 1989
Linda Cervi
Beloved
Movie • 1998
Baby Suggs
Inside Out
Movie • 1987
Verna
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Movie • 1979
Zazu (voice)
Outrage!
Movie • 1973
Thelma
Big Shots
Movie • 1987
Miss Hanks
Hurry Sundown
Movie • 1967
Rose Scott
Generation
Movie • 1985
Edna
Take a Giant Step
Movie • 1959
May Scott
Gone Are the Days!
Movie • 1963
Idella Landy
Out of Darkness
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Cooper
As Summers Die
Movie • 1986
Elvira Backus
The Great White Hope
Movie • 1970
Mama Tiny
Acceptable Risks
Movie • 1986
Sally Framm
The Miracle Worker
Movie • 1962
Viney (uncredited)
A Christmas Without Snow
Movie • 1980
Wendell's Grandma
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Biscuit Eater
Movie • 1972
Charity Tomlin
Drugstore Cowboy
Movie • 1989
Drug Counselor
A Dream for Christmas
Movie • 1973
Grandma Bessie
And the Children Shall Lead
Movie • 1985
Miss Annie
Ring of Passion
Movie • 1978
Lilly Brooks
Just an Old Sweet Song
Movie • 1976
Grandma
The Mugger
Movie • 1958
Grecco Maid
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Regina
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ola Mae
The John Larroquette Show
TV • 1993
Emma
Designing Women
TV • 1986
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Eleanor Williams
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Matlock
TV • 1986
Martha Jordan
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Mama Grant
227
TV • 1985
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Frank's Place
TV • 1987
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Room 222
TV • 1969
Hearts Afire
TV • 1992
Miss Lula
Punky Brewster
TV • 1984
Sanford and Son
TV • 1972
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Rose Kincaid
Family Matters
TV • 1989
Helen
The Practice
TV • 1997
Gertrude Turner
Ironside
TV • 1967
ER
TV • 1994
Mae Benton
Vega$
TV • 1978
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Serita
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Hannah
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Cynthia Palmer
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV • 1980
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Alice
The Magician
TV • 1973
Mrs. Thatcher
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Emma Coop
Hunter
TV • 1984
Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Katherine
The Sophisticated Gents
TV • 1981
Mae Porter
Capital News
TV • 1990
Etta Mays