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Beverly Todd

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Beverly Todd
When a mysterious man appears in a small town, unexplained miracles start to occur, changing the lives of everyone he meets. There's a mother whose five-year-old boy has leukemia, two doctors - one an atheist haunted by his past, the other a brilliant young oncologist who places all her hope in the power of modern medicine - and a blind pastor whose son hasn't spoken a single word in 38 years. All of them will be brought together by the presence of this stranger, who teaches them the true meaning of faith and hope.
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Iconic actress Beverly Todd has distinguished herself on Broadway, the London stage, television and film. A People's Choice Award winner and a four-time nominee of the prestigious NAACP Image Award, Ms. Todd's work dates back to the 70's in film roles opposite her mentor Sidney Poitier in The Lost Man, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, and Brother John. In the 80's she starred with Richard Pryor in Moving, Whoopi Goldberg in Clara's Heart, and Morgan Freeman in the film classic, Lean on Me.

She has a long list of television appearances including the PBS Television Special, Six Characters in Search of an Author, which was the first time the leading role of Stepdaughter was played by an actress of color, Roots, Don't Look Back opposite Louis Gossett, Jr., Lifetime's, Taken From Me, opposite Taraji P. Henson, Hope and Redemption, with major guest stars roles on Six Feet Under, Criminal Minds and Grey's Anatomy, to name a few. Most recently, she booked a recurring role on the second season of Queen Sugar.

Film credits include leads in Ava DuVernay's I Will Follow, Paul Haggis's Academy Award Best Picture winner Crash and Rob Reiner's The Bucket List. She also stars in the soon to be released features The Reason opposite Louis Gossett, Jr. and Drive Me to Vegas and Mars, directed and written by Sidney J. Furie.
BornJuly 11, 1946
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Harrison Page and Beverly Todd in Snoops (1989)
Carl Franklin and Beverly Todd in The Fantastic Journey (1977)
Sidney Poitier and Beverly Todd in The Lost Man (1969)
Tom Selleck, Roger E. Mosley, Nancy Stafford, and Beverly Todd in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Beverly Todd in Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
Taraji P. Henson and Beverly Todd in Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
Don Cheadle and Beverly Todd in Crash (2004)
Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd in The Bucket List (2007)
Tim Reid, Thomas Callaway, Ron Glass, Harrison Page, Daphne Reid, Beverly Todd, and Dick Anthony Williams in Snoops (1989)
Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Rob Reiner, and Beverly Todd at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd at an event for The Bucket List (2007)
Beverly Todd at an event for Crash (2004)

Known for

Morgan Freeman in Lean on Me (1989)
Lean on Me
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  • Ms. Levias
  • 1989
Richard Pryor in Moving (1988)
Moving
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  • Monica Pear
  • 1988
Michael Peña in Crash (2004)
Crash
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  • Graham's Mother
  • 2004
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson in The Bucket List (2007)
The Bucket List
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  • Virginia
  • 2007

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  • Queen Victoria's Wedding
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  • Angela Bassett and Peter Krause in 9-1-1 (2018)
    9-1-1
  • Beverly Todd, Jillian Reeves, Makenzie Lee-Foster, and Ariel Brown in Broken (2020)
    Broken
  • The Reason (2020)
    The Reason
  • For the Love of Jason (2020)
    For the Love of Jason
  • Jeremy Glazer, Candi Guterres, Jen McGowan, Beverly Todd, Stephanie Martin, David Hopper, Logan Stahley, Rebecca G. Stone, Brant Rotnem, and Spence Moore II in On the Ride (2020)
    On the Ride
  • Oscar Cardenas in A Dark Foe (2020)
    A Dark Foe
  • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
    How to Get Away with Murder
  • Weep Not (2019)
    Weep Not
  • Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union in L.A.'s Finest (2019)
    L.A.'s Finest
  • Paul Guilfoyle in Turnover (2019)
    Turnover
  • Drive Me to Vegas and Mars (2018)
    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
  • Queen Sugar (2016)
    Queen Sugar
  • Mark Feuerstein in Royal Pains (2009)
    Royal Pains
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy

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    • July 11, 1946
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Kris Keiser1970 - August 1975 (divorced, 1 child)
  • She acted in Richard Rodgers' musical, "No Strings," at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, England with Art Lund, Hy Hazel, Marti Stevens, Ferdy Mayne, David Halliday, Erica Rogers, and Geoffrey Hutchings in the cast. Joe Layton was director.

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    She had a son, Malik Smith, who died in 1989 at the age of eighteen after being severely beaten at a teen nightclub in Utah. Malik's father is her ex-husband film producer Kris Keiser, who was born Keiser Richard Smith.

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