Beah Richards
ActingTotal Credits
64
Acting
64
First Credit
1958
Latest Credit
2004
The Miracle Worker
Viney (uncredited)
1962
ER
Mae Benton
1994
In the Heat of the Night
Mama Caleba
1967
The Practice
Gertrude Turner
1997
Hill Street Blues
Actor
1981
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Mrs. Prentice
1967
Murder, She Wrote
Ola Mae · Emma Coop
1984
Sanford and Son
Actor
1972
Beauty and the Beast
Narcissa
1987
Roots: The Next Generations
Cynthia Palmer
1979
Highway to Heaven
Actor
1984
Punky Brewster
Actor
1984
It Takes a Thief
Sister Martha Gowen
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Mama Grant
1968
Matlock
Martha Jordan
1986
L.A. Law
Eleanor Williams
1986
The Facts of Life
Actor
1979
Hunter
Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
1984
Drugstore Cowboy
Drug Counselor
1989
Vega$
Actor
1978
Designing Women
Actor
1986
Ironside
Actor
1967
The John Larroquette Show
Emma
1993
227
Actor
1985
The Magician
Mrs. Thatcher
1973
Family Matters
Helen
1989
Big Shots
Miss Hanks
1987
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
Zazu (voice)
1979
Hurry Sundown
Rose Scott
1967
The Great White Hope
Mama Tiny
1970
The Hitchhiker
Serita
1983
The Biscuit Eater
Charity Tomlin
1972
The Big Valley
Hannah
1965
Room 222
Actor
1969
The Mugger
Grecco Maid
1958
Mahogany
Florence
1975
Beloved
Baby Suggs
1998
A Christmas Without Snow
Wendell's Grandma
1980
Dr. Kildare
Alice
1961
St. Elsewhere
Regina
1982
Homer and Eddie
Linda Cervi
1989
The Bill Cosby Show
Rose Kincaid
1969
Zora is My Name!
Actor
1990
And the Children Shall Lead
Miss Annie
1985
Out of Darkness
Mrs. Cooper
1994
The Sophisticated Gents
Mae Porter
1981
One Special Victory
Cora Simms
1991
Hearts Afire
Miss Lula
1992
Gone Are the Days!
Idella Landy
1963
A Dream for Christmas
Grandma Bessie
1973
CBS Summer Playhouse
Katherine
1987
Ring of Passion
Lilly Brooks
1978
Just an Old Sweet Song
Grandma
1976
As Summers Die
Elvira Backus
1986
Outrage!
Thelma
1973
Capital News
Etta Mays
1990
Footsteps
Jessie Blake
1972
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Actor
1980
Frank's Place
Actor
1987
Inside Out
Verna
1987