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.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Mrs. PrenticeA couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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In the Heat of the Night
as Mama CalebaAfrican-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder...
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The Miracle Worker
as Viney (uncredited)The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen...
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Drugstore Cowboy
as Drug CounselorPortland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by...
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Hurry Sundown
as Rose ScottPost-WWII, a corporation seeks Georgia farmland, but two owners—a white veteran and a black...
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Mahogany
as FlorenceAn aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes...
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Beloved
as Baby SuggsAfter Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter...
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The Great White Hope
as Mama TinyA black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing...
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The Mugger
as Grecco MaidA police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims...
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Out of Darkness
as Mrs. CooperDiana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
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Inside Out
as VernaAn agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal...
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Big Shots
as Miss HanksFollowing the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's...
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Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Zazu (voice)Banjo is a curious and rebellious kitten who is always getting into trouble. When he decides to...
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Generation
as EdnaFuturistic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie...
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As Summers Die
as Elvira BackusSet in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers...
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Homer and Eddie
as Linda CerviA mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying...
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Outrage
as ThelmaOne man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California...
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Acceptable Risks
as Sally FrammThe manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to...
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And the Children Shall Lead
as Miss AnnieMississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American...
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The Biscuit Eater
as Charity TomlinNothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text...
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Take a Giant Step
as May ScottThis pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A...
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Ring of Passion
as Lilly BrooksFact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both...
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Gone Are the Days!
as Idella LandyA young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him,...
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Zora is My Name!
as uncreditedA celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century...
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One Special Victory
as Cora SimmsA fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a...
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A Christmas Without Snow
as Wendell's GrandmaA divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's...
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self (archive footage)Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated...
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Just an Old Sweet Song
as GrandmaUpon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack...
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Footsteps
as Jessie BlakeA football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself...
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A Dream for Christmas
as Grandma BessieA Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is...
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ER
as Mae BentonER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Ola MaeAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Emma CoopAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Family Matters
as uncreditedA long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family...
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Ironside
as uncreditedWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
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St. Elsewhere
as uncreditedSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
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Hawaii Five-O
as Mama GrantHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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The Practice
as uncreditedA provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...
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Matlock
as uncreditedMatlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...
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Highway to Heaven
as uncreditedA probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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The Big Valley
as HannahThe Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...
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L.A. Law
as Alberta Williams (uncredited)L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...
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Dr. Kildare
as AliceThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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The John Larroquette Show
as EmmaThe John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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The Facts of Life
as uncreditedThe Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...
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Sanford and Son
as uncreditedThe misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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Vega$
as uncreditedVega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....
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Hunter
as Ella Mae Fuller / PocketsHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...
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Punky Brewster
as uncreditedAn abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her...
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Room 222
as uncreditedRoom 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television....
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The Hitchhiker
as SeritaA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes...
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Designing Women
as uncreditedJulia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are...
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227
as uncreditedA housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington,...
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Hearts Afire
as Miss LulaFrustrations and sparks fly in Washington, D.C. when a strict conservative hires a free spirited...
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The Magician
as Mrs. ThatcherThe Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred...
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Roots: The Next Generations
as Cynthia PalmerRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...
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The Bill Cosby Show
as Rose KincaidThe Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday...
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Frank's Place
as uncreditedFrank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the...
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CBS Summer Playhouse
as KatherineCBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.
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Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as uncreditedPalmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends,...
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The Sophisticated Gents
as Mae PorterThe 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its...
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Beauty and the Beast
as uncreditedBeauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...
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