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Beah Richards. Actress: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Beah Richards left her native Vicksburg, Mississippi, for New York City in 1950. She would not acquire a significant role on stage until 1955, when she appeared in the off-Broadway show "Take A Giant Step" convincingly portraying an 84-year-old grandmother without using theatrical makeup. In 1962 she appeared in writer James Baldwin's "The ...
Sep 16, 2000 · Beah Richards--A Sept. 16 obituary gave an incorrect age for veteran stage and film actress Beah Richards. Richards, who died Sept. 14 in Vicksburg, Miss., was 80.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Beah Richards, born Beulah Elizabeth Richardson, a respected actress, poet and political activist best known for her...
Sep 16, 2000 · Beah Richards, whose distinguished career as an actress on stage, screen and television over 50 years was capped this month when she won an Emmy as a guest actor on ''The Practice,'' died on ...
Sep 16, 2000 · Beah Richards, the African-American actress whose stage career coincided with the great flourishing of black drama in the 1950s and 1960s — leading her to film and TV roles up to the 1999-2000 ...
Sep 18, 2000 · Character actress Beah Richards, an Academy Award nominee and two-time Emmy winner, including one earlier this month, died Thursday of emphysema in Vicksburg, Miss. She was 74.
Richards, Beah (1926–2000)African-American actress, poet, and playwright. Born Beah Richardson in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 12, 1926 (one source cites 1920); died of emphysema in Vicksburg on September 14, 2000; daughter of Wesley Richardson (a Baptist minister) and Beulah Richardson (a seamstress); attended Dillard University in New Orleans; married artist Hugh Harrell (divorced).
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