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Beah Richards

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, 1920-07-12

Died: 2000-09-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	The Mugger	Grecco Maid	56
2	1959	Take a Giant Step	May Scott	52
3	1962	The Miracle Worker	Viney (uncredited)	79
4	1963	Gone Are the Days!	Idella Landy	67
5	1967	Hurry Sundown	Rose Scott	65
6	1967	In the Heat of the Night	Mama Caleba	76
7	1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Mrs. Prentice	76
8	1970	The Great White Hope	Mama Tiny	61
9	1972	The Biscuit Eater	Charity Tomlin	62
10	1972	Footsteps	Jessie Blake	0
11	1973	Outrage	Thelma	61
12	1973	A Dream for Christmas	Grandma Bessie	60
13	1975	Mahogany	Florence	58
14	1976	Just an Old Sweet Song	Grandma	0
15	1978	Ring of Passion	Lilly Brooks	70
16	1979	Banjo the Woodpile Cat	Zazu (voice)	63
17	1980	A Christmas Without Snow	Wendell's Grandma	56
18	1985	And the Children Shall Lead	Miss Annie	100
19	1985	Generation	Edna	45
20	1986	Acceptable Risks	Sally Framm	43
21	1986	As Summers Die	Elvira Backus	62
22	1987	Inside Out	Verna	63
23	1987	Big Shots	Miss Hanks	63
24	1989	Homer and Eddie	Linda Cervi	55
25	1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Drug Counselor	71
26	1990	Zora is My Name!		0
27	1991	One Special Victory	Cora Simms	0
28	1994	Out of Darkness	Mrs. Cooper	83
29	1998	Beloved	Baby Suggs	58
30	2004	Beah: A Black Woman Speaks	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Dr. Kildare	Alice	55
2	1965	The Big Valley	Hannah	61
3	1967	Ironside		68
4	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Mama Grant	71
5	1969	Room 222		60
6	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Rose Kincaid	54
7	1972	Sanford and Son		74
8	1973	The Magician	Mrs. Thatcher	67
9	1978	Vega$		70
10	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Cynthia Palmer	75
11	1979	The Facts of Life		70
12	1980	Palmerstown, U.S.A.		55
13	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
14	1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Mae Porter	70
15	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
16	1983	The Hitchhiker	Serita	61
17	1984	Punky Brewster		74
18	1984	Hunter	Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets	72
19	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
20	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ola Mae	75
21	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Emma Coop	75
22	1985	227		68
23	1986	Matlock		71
24	1986	L.A. Law	Alberta Williams (uncredited)	71
25	1986	Designing Women		67
26	1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Katherine	63
27	1987	Frank's Place		56
28	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
29	1989	Family Matters		68
30	1990	Capital News	Etta Mays	60
31	1992	Hearts Afire	Miss Lula	73
32	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Emma	67
33	1994	ER	Mae Benton	78
34	1997	The Practice	Gertrude Turner	77