Beverly Hope Atkinson: Beverly Hope Atkinson. Actress: Heavy Traffic. African-American Beverly Hope Atkinson began her career on the New York stage with Cafe LaMama and toured in such productions as "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Lysistrata" and "The Blacks". She eventually made her way to Hollywood in the early 70s where she impressed in her very first film role, that of a streetwise hooker in The New Centurions (1972) with George C. Scott....
Known For: Heavy Traffic (Carole), Sanford and Son (First GirlSheila Monroe), Dark Shadows (Nurse(as Beverly Atkinson)), The New Centurions (Alice)