Beah Richards

ActingBorn 1920-07-12Died 2000-09-14 (80)Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

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.

Beah Richards

Known For

And the Children Shall Lead

Out of Darkness

The Miracle Worker

ER

In the Heat of the Night

Hill Street Blues

The Practice

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Murder, She Wrote

Roots: The Next Generations

Filmography

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beloved

The Practice

ER

Out of Darkness

The John Larroquette Show

Hearts Afire

One Special Victory

Capital News

Zora is My Name!

Drugstore Cowboy

Family Matters

Homer and Eddie

Big Shots

Beauty and the Beast

Frank's Place

Inside Out

CBS Summer Playhouse

Designing Women

L.A. Law

As Summers Die

Matlock

Acceptable Risks

227

Generation

And the Children Shall Lead

Murder, She Wrote

Highway to Heaven

Hunter

Punky Brewster

The Hitchhiker

St. Elsewhere

The Sophisticated Gents

Hill Street Blues

A Christmas Without Snow

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

The Facts of Life

Roots: The Next Generations

Vega$

Ring of Passion

Just an Old Sweet Song

Mahogany

A Dream for Christmas

Outrage!

The Magician

Footsteps

The Biscuit Eater

Sanford and Son

The Great White Hope

The Bill Cosby Show

Room 222

Hawaii Five-O

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In the Heat of the Night

Ironside

Hurry Sundown

The Big Valley

Gone Are the Days!

The Miracle Worker

Dr. Kildare

Take a Giant Step

The Mugger