Most Recent Role: Gertrude Turner on The Practice
Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Birthday: 7-12-1926
Birth Name: Beulah Richardson
Date of Death: 9-14-2000
Cause of Death: Emphysema
Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Birthday: 7-12-1926
Birth Name: Beulah Richardson
Date of Death: 9-14-2000
Cause of Death: Emphysema
For the daughter of a Mississippi-born Baptist minister, a good education might have led to a secure job and the continuation of a middle-class existence. But for Beah Richards, who has died aged 74, it meant freedom and rejection of life in a town in which she claimed to have suffered racism "every day of my life".
In 1948, Richards graduated from Dillard University, New Orleans, and...
Most Recent Appearance
Till Death Do Us Part (1)
Sunday 30 April 2000 on ABC
Ellenor pursues the Donovan case, hoping to forestall his execution. Meanwhile, Rebecca's case representing a woman with Alzheimer's trying to keep her marriage from being annulled becomes complicated when questions arise about the death of her client's first husband.
Other Appearances
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Hearts Afire
Miss Lula [occasional season 1] |
Roots: The Next Generations
Cynthia Palmer |
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The Bill Cosby Show
Rose Kincaid (1970-1971) |
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Beauty and the Beast
Narcissa |
ER
Mrs. Benton |
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227
Fifty Big Ones Carolyn Hurley |
227
The Class of '90 Carolyn Hurley |
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227
Happy Twentieth Carolyn Hurley |
Apple's Way
The Witness Mrs. Thaxter |
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Benson
No Sad Songs Mrs. DuBois |
Benson
Home for Christmas Mrs. DuBois |
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Hearts Afire
Set in Washington, D.C., Hearts Afire focused on the professional and personal relationship of John Hartman, the legislative assistant to aging, conservative Southern senator Strobe Smithers, and... more
Roots: The Next Generations
Continuing the story of Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors, this award-winning sequel to Roots picks up the story at the conclusion of the Civil War, and covers the significant... more The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show aired for two seasons on NBC, 1969-70 and 1970-71. There were 52 episodes made in the series. In this lighthearted comedy, Bill Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, physical... more
Set in Washington, D.C., Hearts Afire focused on the professional and personal relationship of John Hartman, the legislative assistant to aging, conservative Southern senator Strobe Smithers, and... more
Roots: The Next GenerationsContinuing the story of Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors, this award-winning sequel to Roots picks up the story at the conclusion of the Civil War, and covers the significant... more The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show aired for two seasons on NBC, 1969-70 and 1970-71. There were 52 episodes made in the series. In this lighthearted comedy, Bill Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, physical... more
