Beah Richards
Birthday: 12 July 1920, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Birth Name: Beulah Elizabeth Richardson
Beah Richards left her native Vicksburg, Mississippi, for New York City in 1950. She would not acquire a significant role on stage until 1955, when she appeared in the off-Broadway show "Take A G ...Show More
in "I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America"] There are a lot of movies out th Show more
in "I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America"] There are a lot of movies out there that I would hate to be paid to do, some real demeaning, real woman-denigrating stuff. It is up to women to change their roles. They are going to have to write the stuff and do it. And they will. Hide
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