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.

Filmography

• 1998Beloved — Baby Suggs
• The Practice — Gertrude Turner
• ER — Mae Benton
• 1994Out of Darkness — Mrs. Cooper
• The John Larroquette Show — Emma
• Hearts Afire — Miss Lula
• 1991One Special Victory — Cora Simms
• Capital News — Etta Mays
• 1990Zora is My Name!
• 1989Drugstore Cowboy — Drug Counselor
• Family Matters — Helen
• 1989Homer and Eddie — Linda Cervi
• Beauty and the Beast — Narcissa
• 1987Big Shots — Miss Hanks
• CBS Summer Playhouse — Katherine
• Frank's Place
• 1987Inside Out — Verna
• 1986Acceptable Risks — Sally Framm
• 1986As Summers Die — Elvira Backus
• Designing Women
• L.A. Law — Eleanor Williams
• Matlock — Martha Jordan
• 227
• 1985And the Children Shall Lead — Miss Annie
• 1985Generation — Edna
• Highway to Heaven
• Hunter — Ella Mae Fuller, Pockets
• Murder, She Wrote — Ola Mae, Emma Coop
• Punky Brewster
• The Hitchhiker — Serita
• American Playhouse
• St. Elsewhere — Regina
• Hill Street Blues
• The Sophisticated Gents — Mae Porter
• 1980A Christmas Without Snow — Wendell's Grandma
• Palmerstown, U.S.A.
• 1979Banjo the Woodpile Cat — Zazu (voice)
• Roots: The Next Generations — Cynthia Palmer
• The Facts of Life
• 1978Ring of Passion — Lilly Brooks
• Vega$
• 1976Just an Old Sweet Song — Grandma
• 1975Mahogany — Florence
• 1973A Dream for Christmas — Grandma Bessie
• 1973Outrage! — Thelma
• The Magician — Mrs. Thatcher
• 1972Footsteps — Jessie Blake
• Sanford and Son
• 1972The Biscuit Eater — Charity Tomlin
• 1970The Great White Hope — Mama Tiny
• Hawaii Five-O — Mama Grant
• Room 222
• The Bill Cosby Show — Rose Kincaid
• It Takes a Thief — Sister Martha Gowen
• 1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner — Mrs. Prentice
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Rose Scott
• 1967In the Heat of the Night — Mama Caleba
• Ironside
• The Big Valley — Hannah
• 1963Gone Are the Days! — Idella Landy
• 1962The Miracle Worker — Viney (uncredited)
• Dr. Kildare — Alice
• 1959Take a Giant Step — May Scott
• 1958The Mugger — Grecco Maid

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks — Self (archive footage)