Saturday, July 11, 2009

Birthday Shout Out!: Beah Richards

Beah Richards
July 12, 1920-September 14, 2000
Vicksburg, Mississippi
actor, playwright, poet, activist

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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Bio
A Black Woman Speaks

3 comments:

zettaelliott July 11, 2009 6:34 PM  

AMEN! I love her...

Sandra July 13, 2009 1:53 PM  

I remember her in the role of Sidney's Poitier's character's mother in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

Tea July 16, 2009 9:08 AM  

Thank you for introducing another important and talented person to us.

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