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Beah Richards

Highest Rated:
100% Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Lowest Rated:
0% Homer and Eddie (1989)
Birthday:
Jul 12, 1920
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Born in Vicksburg, MS, in 1920, actress Beah Richards studied at Dillard University in New Orleans before pursuing an acting career on-stage in New York City. She appeared in Louis S. Peterson's off-Broadway play Take a Giant Step and in the film adaptation in 1959. In 1965, she received a Tony…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%
Number of Movies: 24
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1998 77% Beloved
  • Baby Suggs
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1994 Out of Darkness
  • Actor
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1989 0% Homer and Eddie
  • Linda Cervi
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1989 100% Drugstore Cowboy
  • Drug Counselor
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1987 Big Shots
  • Miss Hanks Hotel Manager
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1986 Inside Out
  • Actor
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1986 As Summers Die
  • Elvira Backus
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1986 Acceptable Risks
  • Sally Framm
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1981 Sophisticated Gents
  • Actor
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1980 A Christmas Without Snow
  • Wendell's Grandma
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1979 Dream for Christmas
  • Actor
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1979 Banjo the Woodpile Cat
  • Zazu
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1978 Ring of Passion (Countdown to the Big One)
  • Actor
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1976 Just An Old Sweet Song
  • Grandma
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1975 23% Mahogany
  • Florence
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1972 Footsteps
  • Jessie Blake
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1972 The Biscuit Eater
  • Charity Tomlin
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1970 33% The Great White Hope
  • Mama Tiny
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1967 65% Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • Mrs. Prentice
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1967 Hurry Sundown
  • Rose Scott
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1967 96% In the Heat of the Night
  • Mama Caleba
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1963 Purlie Victorious
  • Idella
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1962 100% The Miracle Worker
  • Viney
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1959 Take a Giant Step
  • May Scott
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