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...
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
As Mrs. Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
As Mama Caleba
Mahogany
As Florence
Footsteps
As Jessie Blake
One Special Victory
As Cora Simms
Zora is My Name!
Homer and Eddie
As Linda Cervi
Beloved
As Baby Suggs
Inside Out
As Verna
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
As Zazu (voice)
Outrage
As Thelma
Big Shots
As Miss Hanks
Hurry Sundown
As Rose Scott
Generation
As Edna
Take a Giant Step
As May Scott
Gone Are the Days!
As Idella Landy
Out of Darkness
As Mrs. Cooper
As Summers Die
As Elvira Backus
The Great White Hope
As Mama Tiny
Acceptable Risks
As Sally Framm
The Miracle Worker
As Viney (uncredited)
A Christmas Without Snow
As Wendell's Grandma
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
As Self (archive footage)
The Biscuit Eater
As Charity Tomlin
Drugstore Cowboy
As Drug Counselor
A Dream for Christmas
As Grandma Bessie
And the Children Shall Lead
As Miss Annie
Ring of Passion
As Lilly Brooks
Just an Old Sweet Song
As Grandma
The Mugger
As Grecco Maid
St. Elsewhere
Murder, She Wrote
As Ola Mae
The John Larroquette Show
As Emma
Designing Women
L.A. Law
As Alberta Williams (uncredited)
The Facts of Life
Matlock
Hawaii Five-O
As Mama Grant
227
Beauty and the Beast
Frank's Place
Highway to Heaven
Room 222
Hearts Afire
As Miss Lula
Punky Brewster
Hill Street Blues
Sanford and Son
The Bill Cosby Show
As Rose Kincaid
Family Matters
The Practice
Ironside
ER
As Mae Benton
Vega$
The Hitchhiker
As Serita
The Big Valley
As Hannah
Roots: The Next Generations
As Cynthia Palmer
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Dr. Kildare
As Alice
The Magician
As Mrs. Thatcher
Hunter
As Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
CBS Summer Playhouse
As Katherine
The Sophisticated Gents
As Mae Porter
Capital News
As Etta Mays