Beulah

Beulah Quo (1923 – 2002) was a Chinese-American actress and activist. The spelling of her last name changed from Kwoh to Quo because she was constantly asked if KWOH was a radio station. She starred in many films and television series beginning in the mid-1950s, and was best known for her appearances in General Hospital (1963), Chinatown (1974), and Brokedown Palace (1999). She was also an advocate of more and better screen roles for Asian actors, and founded several organizations in pursuit of that goal.

Beulah Woodard (1895 – 1955) was an African-American sculptor and painter based in California. Woodard was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.

Beulah (born Beulah Garside), is an English female singer-songwriter and record producer.

Beulah Gundling (1916 - 2003) was an American synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author. In 1965 Beulah Gundling was the first synchronized swimmer to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In 2000 she had her final aquatic appearance in the documentary The Mermaid's Club: A History of Synchronized Swimming by Paul Carvalho.

Beulah Thumbadoo is the founder of Everyone's Reading in Africa (ERA).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Thumbadoo
https://beulahthumbadoo.co.za/

Beulah Poynter (June 6, 1883 – August 13, 1960) was an American author, playwright and actor. Poynter was probably best remembered by theatergoers for her title rôle in Lena Rivers, a drama she had reworked for the stage from the novel by Mary J. Holmes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Poynter

Beulah Elizabeth Burke (1885–1975), was one of the nine original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Burke

Dame Beulah Rosemary Bewley DBE (2 September 1929 – 20 January 2018) was a British public health physician and past-president of the Medical Women's Federation on the General Medical Council.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bewley

Beulah Elizabeth Hazelrigg Brown (November 24, 1892 – March 26, 1987) was a painter, educator, and textile designer who is best known for her bold, colorful, abstract patterns for fabrics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_H._Brown

Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981) was an American actress. She was in It's a Wonderful Life, Street Scene, The Waltons, Vivacious Lady, and several others. She was active 1895-1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Bondi

Beulah May Annan (née Sheriff; November 18, 1899 – March 10, 1928) was an American suspected murderer. Her story inspired Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1926.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah_Annan

Beulah Davis is a character in the Broadway hit Come From Away. She is based on two real life people: Beulah Cooper and and Diane Davis, who both worked at a school in Gander, Newfoundland. Beulah was instrumental in helping several stranded passengers begin healing after the tragic events of 9/11, including providing support and comfort for a mother of one of the firefighters lost in the World Trade Center.

This is Jackie's embarrassing middle name on That 70's Show. I think this is a pretty ugly name... makes me think of a cow or something.

When I hear this name, I think of the "Leave it to Beulah" TV advertisement (she's a modern-day slave) in the mockumentary "C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America."

"Beulah, peel me a grape!" is a line spoken by Mae West in the 1933 movie I'm No Angel (which West wrote along with starring in it). Beulah (played by Gertrude Howard) is West's character's personal maid.

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This quotation so well-known that it is included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.

A famous bearer of this name was actress Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1888 – January 11, 1981). She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in "The Gorgeous Hussy" (1936) and "Of Human Hearts" (1938).

Beulah is also the land of peace described in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".

Beulah Annan was a nineteen-twenties murderess. She murdered her lover after he tried to break it off. She is the woman Roxie Hart is based on in "Chicago".