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Acting

Beah Richards

Career: Active from 1958 to 1998, busiest in 1972 and 1973 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles: 4
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Out of Darkness
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Beah Richards Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 3
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

8 titles · average score 65

Beloved

57

as Baby Suggs

The Practice

76

TV show · as Gertrude Turner

Out of Darkness

83

as Mrs. Cooper

79

TV show · as Mae Benton

The John Larroquette Show

47

TV show · as Emma

Hearts Afire

49

TV show · as Miss Lula

One Special Victory

as Cora Simms

Capital News

TV show · as Etta Mays

1980s

27 titles · average score 66

Drugstore Cowboy

81

as Drug Counselor

Family Matters

60

TV show · as Helen

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Eleanor Williams

Matlock

54

TV show · as Martha Jordan

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Ola Mae / Emma Coop

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show

Hunter

70

TV show · as Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets

Punky Brewster

74

TV show

The Hitchhiker

64

TV show · as Serita

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Regina

American Playhouse

69

TV show

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

14 titles · average score 57

Banjo the Woodpile Cat

69

as Zazu (voice)

The Facts of Life

46

TV show

Roots: The Next Generations

51

TV show · as Cynthia Palmer

Vega$

69

TV show

Just an Old Sweet Song

as Grandma

Mahogany

47

as Florence

Outrage!

68

as Thelma

A Dream for Christmas

as Grandma Bessie

The Magician

71

TV show · as Mrs. Thatcher

The Biscuit Eater

59

as Charity Tomlin

Sanford and Son

51

TV show

Footsteps

as Jessie Blake

1960s

12 titles · average score 64

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Mama Grant

Room 222

69

TV show

The Bill Cosby Show

58

TV show · as Rose Kincaid

It Takes a Thief

73

TV show · as Sister Martha Gowen

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

72

as Mrs. Prentice

Ironside

45

TV show

In the Heat of the Night

83

as Mama Caleba

Hurry Sundown

36

as Rose Scott

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Hannah

Gone Are the Days!

71

as Idella Landy

The Miracle Worker

85

as Viney (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Alice

1950s

2 titles · average score 64

Take a Giant Step

69

as May Scott

The Mugger

59

as Grecco Maid