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Beah Richards

Acting

  • Born
  • July 12, 1920
  • Died
  • September 14, 2000
  • Place of birth
  • Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

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.

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Ironside poster
Ironside
1967
Murder, She Wrote poster
Murder, She Wrote
1984
ER poster
ER
1994
Hawaii Five-O poster
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Hill Street Blues poster
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Practice poster
The Practice
1997
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law
1986
The Facts of Life poster
The Facts of Life
1979
American Playhouse poster
American Playhouse
1982
Family Matters poster
Family Matters
1989
Dr. Kildare poster
Dr. Kildare
1961
Matlock poster
Matlock
1986
Hunter poster
Hunter
1984
Highway to Heaven poster
Highway to Heaven
1984
St. Elsewhere poster
St. Elsewhere
1982
Room 222 poster
Room 222
1969
Sanford and Son poster
Sanford and Son
1972
Designing Women poster
Designing Women
1986
The Big Valley poster
The Big Valley
1965
The John Larroquette Show poster
The John Larroquette Show
1993
The Hitchhiker poster
The Hitchhiker
1983
Punky Brewster poster
Punky Brewster
1984
227 poster
227
1985
Vega$ poster
Vega$
1978
It Takes a Thief poster
It Takes a Thief
1968
Hearts Afire poster
Hearts Afire
1992
The Bill Cosby Show poster
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
The Magician poster
The Magician
1973
Roots: The Next Generations poster
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
CBS Summer Playhouse poster
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner poster
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
In the Heat of the Night poster
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Drugstore Cowboy poster
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Palmerstown, U.S.A. poster
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Capital News poster
Capital News
1990
The Miracle Worker poster
The Miracle Worker
1962
Hurry Sundown poster
Hurry Sundown
1967
Beloved poster
Beloved
1998
Frank's Place poster
Frank's Place
1987
Big Shots poster
Big Shots
1987
The Biscuit Eater poster
The Biscuit Eater
1972
Homer and Eddie poster
Homer and Eddie
1989
The Sophisticated Gents poster
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
A Dream for Christmas poster
A Dream for Christmas
1973
Gone Are the Days! poster
Gone Are the Days!
1963
The Great White Hope poster
The Great White Hope
1970
Footsteps poster
Footsteps
1972
Mahogany poster
Mahogany
1975
A Christmas Without Snow poster
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
Ring of Passion poster
Ring of Passion
1978
Zora is My Name! poster
Zora is My Name!
1990
As Summers Die poster
As Summers Die
1986
Beauty and the Beast poster
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Acceptable Risks poster
Acceptable Risks
1986
Outrage! poster
Outrage!
1973
Inside Out poster
Inside Out
1987
One Special Victory poster
One Special Victory
1991
Banjo the Woodpile Cat poster
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979
Out of Darkness poster
Out of Darkness
1994
Generation poster
Generation
1985
And the Children Shall Lead poster
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks poster
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
The Mugger poster
The Mugger
1958
Take a Giant Step poster
Take a Giant Step
1959
Just an Old Sweet Song poster
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976