Beah Richards
출생 : 1920-07-12, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
사망 : 2000-09-14
약력
Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer.
Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her supporting role in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1968, as well as winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles in the television series Frank's Place in 1988 and The Practice in 2000. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1965 production of The Amen Corner.
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Self (archive footage)
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.
Baby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
Mrs. Cooper
Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.
Drug Counselor
마약 중독자인 밥은 그의 아내 다이앤과 친구 데이빗, 네이딘과 함께 약국을 털며 생활한다. 약국에서 가져온 약들은 환각제로 둔갑하여 그들에게 기쁨을 주기도 하고, 환각제를 찾는 이들에게 판매가 되어 돈을 벌어주기도 한다. 하지만, 밥의 뒤를 끈질기게 쫓아다니며 괴롭히는 경찰때문에 그들은 새로운 보금자리를 마련한다. 하지만, 새로운 보금 자리 역시 경찰의 감시를 벗어나기는 힘들다. 밥은 그를 감시하고 있는 경찰을 골려주려고 이웃집 남자를 부추겨 경찰에게 총을 쏘도록 꾀를 부린다. 어느 모텔에 묵고 있던 넷은, 의견충돌로 다투게 된다. 밥과 다투고, 항상 밥에게 복종하는 데이빗에게 화를 낸, 네이딘은 모텔에 혼자 남게 되고, 나머지는 병원을 털러 간다. 하지만, 병원에서의 약탈은 쉽지 않고, 이들은 간신히 병원을 빠져나온다. 모텔에 들어온 그들은 약물과다로 시체가 된 네이딘을 발견하고, 시체의 처리로 고심한다. 결국, 임시로 모텔의 천장에 숨겨두려고 하지만, 곧 이 모텔에서 지방경찰들의 행사가 열리기 때문에 방을 비워달라는 요청을 받게 된다. 사방에 경찰들로 쫙 깔린 모텔에서 어떻게 시체를 처리할지 난감한데…
Linda Cervi
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
Verna
An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.
Elvira Backus
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.
Miss Annie
Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.
Wendell's Grandma
A divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's trying to re-build her life after her divorce, she leaves her son with his grandmother. She joins the choir of a local church. She has some issues with the choirmaster (John Houseman) who tries to get the choir into shape before the Christmas concert. The choir overcome some personal setbacks as they all deal with personal issues. Zoe (Michael Learned) thinks of quitting the choir all together when push comes to shove.
Zazu
Banjo is a curious and rebellious kitten who is always getting into trouble. When he decides to jump off a roof of a chicken coup to see if he can land on his feet, he is ordered to "fetch a switch". Thinking his parents wouldn't care if he gets hurt, he hitches a ride on a feed truck, all the way to Salt Lake City. After he finds the excitement of the city, he soon finds it cold and lonely and wishes to be home. With the help of stray cat Crazy Legs and a trio of singing cat girls, he finds the truck and returns home.
The championship battles between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in 1936 and 1938 were legendary, as they pummeled each other in their efforts to attain the heavyweight title.
Grandma
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
Florence
Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.
Grandma Bessie
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Thelma
One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
Jessie Blake
A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.
Charity Tomlin
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
Mama Tiny
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Mrs. Prentice
평범하고 쾌활한 백인 처녀 조우이는 여행 중에 만난 존과 사랑에 빠진다. 존은 장래가 촉망되는 유능한 젊은 의사이지만 전처와 아이가 사고로 죽었다. 하지만 문제는 그것이 아니라 그가 흑인이라는 것. 어느 정도 사회적으로 성공한 조우이의 부모 맷과 크리스티나는 하나 밖에 없는 외동딸이 결혼한답시고 데리고 온 존을 보고 기겁한다. 맷은 아무래도 흑인과 결혼하는 것이 달갑지 않아 어떠게 해서든지 막아야 할 생각뿐이고, 크리스티나 역시 흑인인 사위가 반갑진 않으나 그래도 딸을 믿기에 딸의 뜻대로 따르려고 한다. 이때 조우이는 이날 저녁 식사에 존의 부모도 초대하기로 한다. 이날 처음 아들이 결혼하겠다는 며느리가 백인 처녀임을 안 존의 부모의 표정도 조우이의 부모와 마찬가지다. 모두들 생각이 깊은 양가 부모들은 이 문제를 이성적으로서 해결하고자 여러 모로 고심한다. 이때 아내와 딸, 조우이와 존, 그리고 흑인 가정부 아주머니까지 모든 사람들로부터 각기 다른 의견으로 압력을 받고 있던 맷은 결국 명쾌한 결론을 제시함으로써 문제가 해결된다. 그것은 두 사람의 결혼으로 인한 모든 문제, 즉 결혼을 하느냐 마느냐도 결국은 두 사람의 사랑에 맡기는 수밖에 없다는 것이었다. 이로서 이들은 모두 유쾌하게 저녁식사를 시작한다.
Mama Caleba
60년대에도 여전히 흑인들이 목화 농장에서 노예 취급을 받았던 미국 남부 스파르타에서 한 북부 사업가가 피살된다. 조사에 착수한 보안관이 흑인이라는 이유로 체포한 사람은 바로 가족들을 만나러 온 형사 버질 팁스(시드니 포이티어)다. 무능하고 한심한 수사를 보다 못해 직접 나선 팁스는 사사건건 시비를 거는 백인 보안관 길레스피(로드 스타이거)와 함께 수사를 진행한다. 길레스피와 버질은 함께 사건을 겪으며 서로를 알아가고 차츰 인간적으로 가까워진다.
Rose Scott
남부 지방의 어느 유지가 사업을 위해 땅을 사들이려는 과정에서 여러 남녀들이 얽혀서 벌어지는 이야기를 그린 멜로 드라마. 마이클 케인과 제인 폰다의 공연이라는 것 외에는 평범한 영화다. 페이 다나웨이는 주인공들과 친척이며 땅을 조금 소유하고 있는 사나이의 아내 역.
Idella Landy
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. To aid in the comic complications that follow are his family members Missy and Gitlow, and the plantation owners endearing (but ineffectual) son Charlie.
Viney (uncredited)
시청각 장애인 헬렌 켈러와 도전 정신을 심어준 설리반 선생의 이야기다. 이 영화는 아서 펜이 패티 듀크와 앤 밴크로프트와 함께 만든 '헬렌 켈러' 이야기의 최종판. 이미 브로드웨이와 텔레비전 시리즈로 대성공을 거둔 작품이다. 언제 들어도 깊은 울림을 주는 휴먼 스토리에 권위와 편견에 도전하는 헬렌과 설리반의 강한 성격이 가미돼 자칫 늘어질 수 있는 스토리를 놓치지 않는다.
May Scott
This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.
Grecco Maid
A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
