Beah Richards

Birth Name:

Beah Richards

Birth Place:

Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States

Profession

Actress

In 1947, was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
She began garnering attention after her role in the off-Broadway production "Take a Giant Step․"
Studied at Dillard University in New Orleans before moving to New York City to pursue acting
Quote: "Both class and race survive education, and neither should․ What is education then? If it doesn’t help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?"
Quote: "The world you want to create needs you․ It needs you to create it․ It needs to hear what you have to say․ The last word has not been spoken․"
Quote: "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․"

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