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Beah Richards
Actress 1920 - 2000

Beah Richards

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer. Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her supporting role in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1968, as... Read full bio →

Filmography

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12 titles
Beloved

Beloved

Jonathan Demme 1998 2h 52m 6.3

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

ER

ER

1994 45m 8.3

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Homer and Eddie

Homer and Eddie

Andrei Konchalovsky 1989 1h 40m

A retarded man get help from a sociopathic woman when tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

Gus Van Sant 1989 1h 42m 8.1

Bob and his friends Dianne, Rick and Nadine have been drug addicts for years and live from one high to the next. Gus Van Sant attempts to show an intimate look into the lives of heroin addicts with his film Drugstore Cowboy.

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

1979 1h 36m

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA.

Mahogany

Mahogany

Berry Gordy 1975 1h 49m

Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.

The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

Vincent McEveety 1972 1h 32m 5.0

In this touching adventure, a remake of the popular 1940 film, two young Georgia boys team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a field trials.

The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

Martin Ritt 1970 1h 43m

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Norman Jewison 1967 1h 49m 7.5

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town

Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

Otto Preminger 1967 2h 26m 4.5

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Stanley Kramer 1967 1h 48m 7.1

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

Arthur Penn 1962 1h 46m 8.7

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives.

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