Beah Richards
Acting • AGE 80
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...
Acting
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self (archive footage)
2004
Beloved
Baby Suggs
1998
The Practice
Gertrude Turner
1997
ER
Mae Benton
1994
Out of Darkness
Mrs. Cooper
1994
The John Larroquette Show
Emma
1993
Hearts Afire
Miss Lula
1992
One Special Victory
Cora Simms
1991
Capital News
Etta Mays
1990
Zora is My Name!
1990
Drugstore Cowboy
Drug Counselor
1989
Family Matters
Helen
1989
Homer and Eddie
Linda Cervi
1989
Big Shots
Miss Hanks
1987
Beauty and the Beast
Narcissa
1987
Frank's Place
1987
Inside Out
Verna
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
Katherine
1987
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
Eleanor Williams
1986
As Summers Die
Elvira Backus
1986
Matlock
Martha Jordan
1986
Acceptable Risks
Sally Framm
1986
227
1985
Generation
Edna
1985
And the Children Shall Lead
Miss Annie
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Ola Mae
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hunter
Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
1984
Punky Brewster
1984
The Hitchhiker
Serita
1983
St. Elsewhere
Regina
1982
The Sophisticated Gents
Mae Porter
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
A Christmas Without Snow
Wendell's Grandma
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Zazu (voice)
1979
The Facts of Life
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Cynthia Palmer
1979
Vega$
1978
Ring of Passion
Lilly Brooks
1978
Just an Old Sweet Song
Grandma
1976
Mahogany
Florence
1975
A Dream for Christmas
Grandma Bessie
1973
Outrage!
Thelma
1973
The Magician
Mrs. Thatcher
1973
Footsteps
Jessie Blake
1972
The Biscuit Eater
Charity Tomlin
1972
Sanford and Son
1972
The Great White Hope
Mama Tiny
1970
The Bill Cosby Show
Rose Kincaid
1969
Room 222
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Mama Grant
1968
It Takes a Thief
Sister Martha Gowen
1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Mrs. Prentice
1967
In the Heat of the Night
Mama Caleba
1967
Ironside
1967
Hurry Sundown
Rose Scott
1967
The Big Valley
Hannah
1965
Gone Are the Days!
Idella Landy
1963
The Miracle Worker
Viney (uncredited)
1962
Dr. Kildare
Alice
1961
Take a Giant Step
May Scott
1959
The Mugger
Grecco Maid
1958