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Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation. Actress. Years active. 1968–1991. Beverly Hope Atkinson (December 9, 1935 – December 11, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress from 1968 until 1991, known for her work playing women down-on-their-luck or caught up in drug addiction. [1]
Beverly Hope Atkinson (1935-2001) Actress. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:58. Heavy Traffic (1973) African-American Beverly Hope Atkinson began her career on the New York stage with Cafe LaMama and toured in such productions as "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Lysistrata" and "The Blacks".
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Beverly Hope Atkinson. Actress: Heavy Traffic. African-American Beverly Hope Atkinson began her career on the New York stage with Cafe LaMama and toured in such productions as "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Lysistrata" and "The Blacks".
- December 9, 1935
- December 11, 2001
- Overview
- Career
- Death
Beverly Hope Atkinson (December 9, 1935 – December 11, 2001) appeared on Good Times as Savannah Morgan, the girlfriend of Sweet Daddy Williams who got involved in a fender-bender with Keith, who drives a taxicab in the Season 6 episode "The Witness". a noted stage, film and TV actress from the 1960s until 1991, Beverly was known for her character w...
Beverly studied under Lee Strasberg in the 1960s and later became a member of the Actors Studio. After attending New York's City College (CCNY), she began her career on the New York stage with the Café LaMama Theater troupe and Theater West in Los Angeles, touring in such productions as The Skin of Our Teeth, Lysistrata and The Blacks, before relocating to Hollywood in the early 1970s. She impressed in her very first film role, that of a streetwise hooker in The New Centurions (1972) with George C. Scott.
She also had a role in the 1973 Ralph Bashki animated film Heavy Traffic as a black woman named Carole. She began her television career with minor roles, but found steadier work as her character career continued in the same flashy vein: playing angry women down-on-their-luck or whose lives were caught up in drugs and addiction, most notably in a recurring role on Hill Street Blues from 1984–1986.
Atkinson died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 66.
Jan 9, 2002 · Film, TV and stage actress Beverly Hope Atkinson, who died of cancer at 66, was known for her roles as a prostitute in "The New Centurions" and a drug addict in "Hill Street Blues". She also appeared in films, TV movies and TV shows such as "thirtysomething", "Maid in America" and "Sanford and Son".
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259181789/beverly-hope-atkinson: accessed ), memorial page for Beverly Hope Atkinson (19 Jun 1935–11 Dec 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 259181789; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Elton Gibb (contributor 49860930).
Find bio, credits and filmography information for Beverly Hope Atkinson on AllMovie - Though her first role as a sassy prostitute who gives George C. Scott a piece of her mind in The…
