Beatrice Winde was born on January 5, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Lone Star (1996) and Sparkle (1976). She was married to Raymond Ward Stough Jr.. She died on January 3, 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
She received a Tony nomination for best supporting actress in her 1972
broadway debut in Melvin Van Peeble's "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural
Death". It was the first of seven nominations.
In 1997, she received a Living Legend Award from the National Black
Theater.
She graduated the Chicago Music Conservatory as a voice student and
continued her voice studies briefly at the Yale University School of
Music and at Julliard.
Adopted the professional name "Beatrice Winde" because Actors Equity
(the stage actors union) already had an actress by the name of Beatrice
Williams.
She acted in plays by Toni Morrison and Horton Foote and in productions
by the Negro Ensemble Company, the Manhattan Theater Club, the Jean
Cocteau Repertory Theater, Playwrights Horizon, and others.