Beah Richards Biography ((?)-2000)

Born in Vicksburg, MS; married Hugh Harrell. Addresses: AGENT--Jack Fields and Associates, 9255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1105, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Death Details: September 14, 2000; Vicksburg, Mississippi

Famous Works

Credits
OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--Grandmother, Take a Giant Step, Jan Hus House, 1956.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
Understudy for Lena Younger, A Raisin in the Sun, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1959.
Viney, The Miracle Worker, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1959.
Idella Landy, Purlie Victorious, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1961.
Sister Margaret, The Amen Corner, Robertson Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA, 1963.
the Woman, Arturo Ui, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1963.
Sister Margaret, The Amen Corner, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1965, then Theatre of Being, Los Angeles, 1966.
Addie, The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1967.
Lena Younger, A Raisin in the Sun, Inner City Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, 1968.
Lena Younger, A Raisin in the Sun, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT,1983.
Also appeared in The Crucible, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1972; One Is a Crowd, Inner City Repertory Theatre, 1970, then 1973; A Black Woman Speaks, Inner City Repertory Theatre, 1975, then 1976; Iago,Inner City Cultural Center, 1979; and in An Evening with Beah Richards (one-woman show).
Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
May Scott, Take a Giant Step, United Artists, 1959.
Viney, The Miracle Worker, United Artists, 1962.
Idella, Gone Are the Days (also known as The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
and Purlie Victorious), Hammer, 1963.
Mrs. Prentice, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Columbia, 1967.
Rose Scott, Hurry Sundown, Paramount, 1967.
Mrs. Bellamy (Mama Caleba), In the Heat of the Night, United Artists, 1967.
Mama Tiny, The Great White Hope, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970.
Charity Tomlin, The Biscuit Eater, Buena Vista, 1972.
Florence, Mahogany, Paramount, 1975.
Verna, Inside Out, Hemdale, 1986.
Miss Hanks, Big Shots, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
Rose Kincaid, The Bill Cosby Show, NBC, 1970-71.
Aunt Ethel, Sanford and Son, NBC, 1972.
MINI-SERIES Cynthia Harvey Palmer, Roots: The Next Generations, ABC, 1979.
Credits; PILOTS
Grandma Bessie, A Dream for Christmas, ABC, 1973.
Grandma, Just an Old Sweet Song, CBS, 1976.
Aunt Velvet, Down Home, CBS, 1978.
Mona Rainey, Too Good to Be True, ABC, 1983.
Edna, Generation, ABC, 1985.
Miss Aldrich, Time Out for Dad (also known as Kowalski Loves Ya and Kowalski's Way), NBC, 1987.
Katherine, "Barrington," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.
Credits; EPISODIC
Jamaican woman, "The Curse," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1986.
Carolyn Hurley, 227, NBC, 1986 and 1987.
Pockets, Hunter, NBC, 1986 and 1988.
Olive Varden, Frank's Place, CBS, 1987.
Narcissa, Beauty and the Beast, CBS, 1987, 1988, and 1989.
Grandmother Rogers, The Facts of Life, NBC, 1988.
Ola Mae, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988.
Also Lois, Benson, ABC; Dr. Kildare, NBC; The Big Valley, ABC; I Spy, NBC; Hawaii Five-O, CBS; Ironside, NBC; Room 222, ABC; It Takes a Thief, ABC; OnStage, ABC.
Credits; MOVIES
Jessie Blake, Footsteps (also known as Footsteps: Nice Guys Finish Last),CBS, 1972.
Thelma, Outrage!, ABC, 1973.
Lilly Brooks, Ring of Passion, NBC, 1978.
Wendell's Grandma, A Christmas without Snow, CBS, 1980.
Miz Porter, The Sophisticated Gents, NBC, 1981.
Sally Framm, Acceptable Risks, ABC, 1986.
Elvira Backus, As Summers Die, HBO, 1986.
Also The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, CBS, 1974.
Credits; SPECIALS
Inner Visions--Beah Richards, PBS, 1978.
voice of Zazu, Banjo, the Woodpile Cat (animated), ABC, 1982.
Writings;STAGE
One Is a Crowd, Inner City Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1970.
A Black Woman Speaks, Inner City Repertory Theatre, 1975.
Writings;OTHER
A Black Woman Speaks and Other Poems.

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