Beah Richards
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Acting History
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Beloved
as Baby Suggs
1997
The Practice
TVas Gertrude Turner
1994
Out of Darkness
as Mrs. Cooper
ER
TVas Mae Benton
1993
The John Larroquette Show
TVas Emma
1992
Hearts Afire
TVas Miss Lula
1991
One Special Victory
as Cora Simms
1990
Capital News
TVas Etta Mays
1989
1987
1986
As Summers Die
as Elvira Backus
Acceptable Risks
as Sally Framm
Matlock
TVas Martha Jordan
L.A. Law
TVas Eleanor Williams
1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Emma Coop / Ola Mae
Hunter
TVas Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
1983
The Hitchhiker
TVas Serita
1982
St. Elsewhere
TVas Regina
1981
The Sophisticated Gents
TVas Mae Porter
1980
Christmas Without Snow, A (1980)
as Wendell's Grandma
1979
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
as Zazu (voice)
Roots: The Next Generations
TVas Cynthia Palmer
1978
Ring of Passion
as Lilly Brooks
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Grandma
1975
Mahogany
as Florence
1973
1972
1970
The Great White Hope
as Mama Tiny
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
TVas Rose Kincaid
1968
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Mama Grant
1967
In the Heat of the Night
as Mama Caleba
Hurry Sundown
as Rose Scott
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Mrs. Prentice
1965
The Big Valley
TVas Hannah
1963
Gone Are the Days!
as Idella Landy
1962
The Miracle Worker
as Viney (uncredited)
1961
Dr. Kildare
TVas Alice
1959
Take a Giant Step
as May Scott
1958
The Mugger
as Grecco Maid