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Beah Richards. Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Ashes scattered over the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi Add to Map. Actress. She was an Emmy Award-winning actress of the 1950s to the 1990s.
Richards died from emphysema in her hometown of Vicksburg, Mississippi at the age of 80, less than a month after winning an Emmy award. In the last year of her life, Richards was the subject of a documentary created by actress Lisa Gay Hamilton .
Beulah Elizabeth Richardson was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 12 July 1920. Her father, Wesley R. Richardson, was a Baptist minister; her mother, Beulah Molton Richardson, was a seamstress and an advocate of the Parent-Teacher Association. Richards graduated from Dillard University in New Orleans in 1948 and moved to New York City in 1950 to […]
Actress. She was an Emmy Award-winning actress of the 1950s to the 1990s. She was also nominated for an Oscar in 1968 for her supporting role in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? She passed away just days after accepting the Emmy Award for her guest role on the popular TV series The Practice.
Sep 15, 2000 · Acclaimed actress Beah Richards, whose second Emmy Award was announced Sunday night to an international audience, died Thursday afternoon at her Vicksburg home. She was 80.
Sep 16, 2000 · JACKSON, Miss. -- Beah Richards, 80, an actress whose career spanned four decades in films including "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" and "Beloved" and who received an Emmy Award this year for...
Known for her portrayals of elderly women, Richards’ raw talent and devotion to her craft established her as a force to be reckoned with onstage. Nevertheless, there was something more powerful about her life that happened away from Hollywood.
She was the winner of two Emmy Awards, one in 1988 for her appearance on the series Frank’s Place, and another in 2000 for her appearance on The Practice. Richards was diagnosed with emphysema in 2000. Richards died from emphysema in her hometown of Vicksburg, Mississippi at the age of 80.
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Sep 15, 2000 · VICKBURG, Miss., Sept. 15 -- Beah Richards, a movie and television actress for 50 years, died in Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday, less than two weeks after receiving her last Emmy award. She was 80....
May 29, 2015 · Beah Richards: A Black Woman Speaks of White Womanhood. This powerful piece by Beulah (Beah) Elizabeth Richardson, presented to a Chicago conference audience of predominantly white, married women in 1951, is scarcely available for reflection today.
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