🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Beah Richards
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Beah Richards's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
Beloved
as Baby Suggs
Out of Darkness
as Mrs. Cooper
One Special Victory
as Cora Simms
Zora is My Name!
Drugstore Cowboy
as Drug Counselor
Homer and Eddie
as Linda Cervi
Big Shots
as Miss Hanks
Inside Out
as Verna
As Summers Die
as Elvira Backus
Acceptable Risks
as Sally Framm
Generation
as Edna
And the Children Shall Lead
as Miss Annie
A Christmas Without Snow
as Wendell's Grandma
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Zazu (voice)
Ring of Passion
as Lilly Brooks
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Grandma
Mahogany
as Florence
A Dream for Christmas
as Grandma Bessie
Outrage!
as Thelma
Footsteps
as Jessie Blake
The Biscuit Eater
as Charity Tomlin
The Great White Hope
as Mama Tiny
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Mrs. Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
as Mama Caleba
Hurry Sundown
as Rose Scott
Gone Are the Days!
as Idella Landy
The Miracle Worker
as Viney (uncredited)
Take a Giant Step
as May Scott
The Mugger
as Grecco Maid