Beah Richards
Born: 1920-07-12 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Died: 2000-09-14
Known For: Acting
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
2004
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Beloved as Baby Suggs
1997
- The Practice as Gertrude Turner
1994
- ER as Mae Benton
- Out of Darkness as Mrs. Cooper
1993
- The John Larroquette Show as Emma
1992
- Hearts Afire as Miss Lula
1991
- One Special Victory as Cora Simms
1990
- Capital News as Etta Mays
- Zora is My Name!
1989
- Family Matters as Helen
- Drugstore Cowboy as Drug Counselor
- Homer and Eddie as Linda Cervi
1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Katherine
- Inside Out as Verna
- Big Shots as Miss Hanks
- Frank's Place
- Beauty and the Beast
1986
- Matlock as Martha Jordan
- L.A. Law as Alberta Williams (uncredited)
- Designing Women
- Acceptable Risks as Sally Framm
- As Summers Die as Elvira Backus
1985
- 227
- And the Children Shall Lead as Miss Annie
- Generation as Edna
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Ola Mae
- Highway to Heaven
- Hunter as Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
- Punky Brewster
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Serita
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Regina
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- The Sophisticated Gents as Mae Porter
1980
- A Christmas Without Snow as Wendell's Grandma
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1979
- The Facts of Life
- Roots: The Next Generations as Cynthia Palmer
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Zazu (voice)
1978
- Vega$
- Ring of Passion as Lilly Brooks
1976
- Just an Old Sweet Song as Grandma
1975
- Mahogany as Florence
1973
- Outrage! as Thelma
- The Magician as Mrs. Thatcher
- A Dream for Christmas as Grandma Bessie
1972
- Sanford and Son
- Footsteps as Jessie Blake
- The Biscuit Eater as Charity Tomlin
1970
- The Great White Hope as Mama Tiny
1969
- Room 222
- The Bill Cosby Show as Rose Kincaid
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Mama Grant
1967
- Ironside
- Hurry Sundown as Rose Scott
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Mrs. Prentice
- In the Heat of the Night as Mama Caleba
1965
- The Big Valley as Hannah
1963
- Gone Are the Days! as Idella Landy
1962
- The Miracle Worker as Viney (uncredited)
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Alice
1959
- Take a Giant Step as May Scott
1958
- The Mugger as Grecco Maid