Beah Richards Overview:

Character actress, Beah Richards, was born Beulah Richardson on Jul 12, 1920 in Vicksburg, MS. Richards died at the age of 80 on Sep 14, 2000 in Vicksburg, MS and was cremated and her ashes scattered across a Confederate Cemetery In Vicksburg MS.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Richards was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1967Best Supporting ActressGuess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)Mrs. PrenticeNominated
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Beah Richards Quotes:

Charlie Cotchipee: Idella, sometimes I think I oughta run away from home.
Idella Landy: I know, but you already tried that, honey.


Rose Scott: Sometin's ailin' you, Reeve.
Reeve Scott: No, Mama.
Rose Scott: Well, sometin's hasn't changed your mood since breakfast. Tell me.
Reeve Scott: Mama, you better dan anyo' dat radar dey had out in de Souf Pacific.
Rose Scott: I don' know nothin' 'bout radar, but I know when sometin's plaguin' ma chile.


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Beah Richards Facts
Died just days after receiving Emmy award for "The Practice" (1997), which was accepted for her by Lisa Gay Hamilton and delivered to Vicksburg.

Father was a Baptist minister and mother a seamstress.

1948: Graduated from Dillard University in New Orleans.

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