Beah Richards

★ Acting #19,224

1920 - 2000 (age 80) • Acting

Born: 7/12/1920 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Died: 9/14/2000 (age 80)

Known for: Acting

Beah Richards

★ Acting #19,224

Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer.

Known For

ER

78%

Mae Benton

1994

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

76%

Mrs. Prentice

1967

Drugstore Cowboy

71%

Drug Counselor

1989

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Emma Coop / Ola Mae

1984

Family Matters

67%

Helen

1989

Beauty and the Beast

74%

Unknown

1987

Highway to Heaven

74%

Unknown

1984

Hawaii Five-O

72%

Mama Grant

1968

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self (archive footage)

2004

Beloved

58%

Baby Suggs

1998

The Practice

76%

Gertrude Turner

1997

ER

78%

Mae Benton

1994

Out of Darkness

90%

Mrs. Cooper

1994

The John Larroquette Show

68%

Emma

1993

Hearts Afire

78%

Miss Lula

1992

One Special Victory

80%

Cora Simms

1991

Capital News

65%

Etta Mays

1990

Zora is My Name!

100%

1990

Drugstore Cowboy

71%

Drug Counselor

1989

Family Matters

67%

Helen

1989

Homer and Eddie

56%

Linda Cervi

1989

Big Shots

66%

Miss Hanks

1987

Beauty and the Beast

74%

Unknown

1987

Frank's Place

61%

Unknown

1987

Inside Out

56%

Verna

1987

CBS Summer Playhouse

70%

Katherine

1987

Designing Women

68%

Unknown

1986

L.A. Law

70%

Eleanor Williams (Uncredited)

1986

As Summers Die

64%

Elvira Backus

1986

Matlock

70%

Martha Jordan

1986

Acceptable Risks

50%

Sally Framm

1986

227

69%

Unknown

1985

Generation

53%

Edna

1985

And the Children Shall Lead

90%

Miss Annie

1985

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Emma Coop / Ola Mae

1984

Highway to Heaven

74%

Unknown

1984