Filmography
Beah Richards
ER
1994 · Mae Benton
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Mama Grant
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Ola Mae, Emma Coop
Ironside
1967 · Actor
The Practice
1997 · Gertrude Turner
Family Matters
1989 · Helen
L.A. Law
1986 · Eleanor Williams
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Regina
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Actor
The Facts of Life
1979 · Actor
American Playhouse
1982 · Actor
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Alice
Matlock
1986 · Martha Jordan
The Big Valley
1965 · Hannah
Hunter
1984 · Ella Mae Fuller, Pockets
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Actor
Sanford and Son
1972 · Actor
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Serita
Vega$
1978 · Actor
Room 222
1969 · Actor
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Emma
Punky Brewster
1984 · Actor
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Sister Martha Gowen
227
1985 · Actor
Mike Hammer
1984 · Maddy Higgins
Hearts Afire
1992 · Miss Lula
Designing Women
1986 · Actor
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Rose Kincaid
The Magician
1973 · Mrs. Thatcher
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Cynthia Palmer
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · Katherine
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Mama Caleba
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · Mrs. Prentice
Frank's Place
1987 · Actor
Capital News
1990 · Etta Mays
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980 · Actor
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Drug Counselor
Beloved
1998 · Baby Suggs
The Miracle Worker
1962 · Viney (uncredited)
The Sophisticated Gents
1981 · Mae Porter
The Great White Hope
1970 · Mama Tiny
The Biscuit Eater
1972 · Charity Tomlin
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Narcissa
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Rose Scott
Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 · Zazu (voice)
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Actor
Big Shots
1987 · Miss Hanks
Acceptable Risks
1986 · Sally Framm
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · Idella Landy
Take a Giant Step
1959 · May Scott
Homer and Eddie
1989 · Linda Cervi
Mahogany
1975 · Florence
As Summers Die
1986 · Elvira Backus
Generation
1985 · Edna
A Christmas Without Snow
1980 · Wendell's Grandma
One Special Victory
1991 · Cora Simms
And the Children Shall Lead
1985 · Miss Annie
A Dream for Christmas
1973 · Grandma Bessie
Inside Out
1987 · Verna
Out of Darkness
1994 · Mrs. Cooper
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 · Grandma
Outrage!
1973 · Thelma
The Mugger
1958 · Grecco Maid
Footsteps
1972 · Jessie Blake
Ring of Passion
1978 · Lilly Brooks