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Beah Richards was an African American actress who was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 12, 1920, as Beulah Elizabeth Richardson. She married Hugh Harrell Jr. Among her most notable films are In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She was also a poet and playwright. She studied at Dillard University in New Orleans. She began her stage career off-Broadway, playing small roles. In 1965, she stood in Broadway theaters. She won an Emmy in 1988 and another a few days before her death, marking the end of her artistic career as she died on September 14, 2000, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, of emphysema.
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