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
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
St. Elsewhere
5.5
Murder, She Wrote
7.514
The John Larroquette Show
6.688
Designing Women
6.742
L.A. Law
7.1
The Facts of Life
7.011
Matlock
7.108
Hawaii Five-O
7.125
227
6.8
Beauty and the Beast
7.461
Frank's Place
5.6
Highway to Heaven
7.385
Room 222
6
Punky Brewster
7.4
Hearts Afire
7.3
Sanford and Son
7.411
Hill Street Blues
7.6
The Bill Cosby Show
5.417
Family Matters
6.756
The Practice
7.7
Ironside
6.8
ER
7.828
Vega$
7
The Hitchhiker
6.1
The Big Valley
6.1
Roots: The Next Generations
7.469
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
5.5
Dr. Kildare
5.5
The Magician
6.7
Murder, She Wrote
7.514
Hunter
7.2
CBS Summer Playhouse
6.3
The Sophisticated Gents
7
Capital News
6
Movies
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.567
In the Heat of the Night
7.644
Mahogany
5.8
Footsteps
0
One Special Victory
0
Zora is My Name!
0
Homer and Eddie
5.519
Beloved
5.793
Inside Out
6.3
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
6.294
Outrage
6.1
Big Shots
6.3
Hurry Sundown
6.47
Generation
4.5
Take a Giant Step
5.2
Gone Are the Days!
6.7
Out of Darkness
8.3
As Summers Die
6.2
The Great White Hope
6.1
Acceptable Risks
4.25
The Miracle Worker
7.874
A Christmas Without Snow
5.556
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
0
The Biscuit Eater
6.156
Drugstore Cowboy
7.121
A Dream for Christmas
6
And the Children Shall Lead
10
Ring of Passion
7
Just an Old Sweet Song
0
The Mugger
5.6