Beah Richards

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.

Known For

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In the Heat of the Night

Out of Darkness

The Miracle Worker

Drugstore Cowboy

And the Children Shall Lead

Acting

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as

Mrs. Prentice

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as

Mama Caleba

1975

Mahogany

as

Florence

1972

Footsteps

as

Jessie Blake

1991

One Special Victory

as

Cora Simms

1990

Zora is My Name!

as

1989

Homer and Eddie

as

Linda Cervi

1998

Beloved

as

Baby Suggs

1987

Inside Out

as

Verna

1979

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

as

Zazu (voice)

1973

Outrage

as

Thelma

1987

Big Shots

as

Miss Hanks

1967

Hurry Sundown

as

Rose Scott

1985

Generation

as

Edna

1959

Take a Giant Step

as

May Scott

1963

Gone Are the Days!

as

Idella Landy

1994

Out of Darkness

as

Mrs. Cooper

1986

As Summers Die

as

Elvira Backus

1970

The Great White Hope

as

Mama Tiny

1986

Acceptable Risks

as

Sally Framm

1962

The Miracle Worker

as

Viney (uncredited)

1980

A Christmas Without Snow

as

Wendell's Grandma

2004

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

as

Self (archive footage)

1972

The Biscuit Eater

as

Charity Tomlin

1989

Drugstore Cowboy

as

Drug Counselor

1973

A Dream for Christmas

as

Grandma Bessie

1985

And the Children Shall Lead

as

Miss Annie

1978

Ring of Passion

as

Lilly Brooks

1976

Just an Old Sweet Song

as

Grandma

1958

The Mugger

as

Grecco Maid

St. Elsewhere

as

Murder, She Wrote

as

Ola Mae

The John Larroquette Show

as

Emma

Designing Women

as

L.A. Law

as

Alberta Williams (uncredited)

The Facts of Life

as

Matlock

as

Hawaii Five-O

as

Mama Grant

227

as

Beauty and the Beast

as

Frank's Place

as

Highway to Heaven

as

Room 222

as

Hearts Afire

as

Miss Lula

Punky Brewster

as

Sanford and Son

as

Hill Street Blues

as

The Bill Cosby Show

as

Rose Kincaid

Family Matters

as

The Practice

as

Ironside

as

ER

as

Mae Benton

Vega$

as

The Hitchhiker

as

Serita

The Big Valley

as

Hannah

Roots: The Next Generations

as

Cynthia Palmer

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

as

Dr. Kildare

as

Alice

The Magician

as

Mrs. Thatcher

Murder, She Wrote

as

Emma Coop

Hunter

as

Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets

CBS Summer Playhouse

as

Katherine

The Sophisticated Gents

as

Mae Porter

Capital News

as

Etta Mays

Production

Crew

Directing