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Actress
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 Giant Step" convincingly portraying an 84-year-old grandmother without using theatrical makeup. In 1962 she appeared in writer James Baldwin's "The Amen ...

Born: July 12, 1920
Star sign: Cancer
Known for: In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Beloved (1998), Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
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