Ruby Dee

🎭 Actor

Ruby Dee

🎂 Born 27 October 1922 (age 91)✝ 11 June 2014📍 Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) and American Gangster (2007).

Known For

American Gangster

American Gangster

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Cat People

A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

Full Filmography(84 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

2007American GangsterMama Lucas★ 7.6 1989Do the Right ThingMother Sister★ 7.8 1982Cat PeopleFemale★ 6.0 2012A Thousand WordsAnnie McCall★ 6.1 1999Baby GeniusesMargo★ 4.1 1991Jungle FeverLucinda Purify★ 6.4 1995Just CauseEvangeline Ferguson★ 6.3 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)★ 7.3 1997A Simple WishHortence★ 5.5 1950No Way OutConnie Brooks (uncredited)★ 6.9 1993Cop & ½Rachel★ 4.6 1950The Jackie Robinson StoryRae Robinson★ 6.3 1999The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)★ 6.5 2011Video GirlValerie★ 6.2 1996Captive Heart: The James Mink StoryIndigo★ 5.1 2009AmericaMrs. Harper★ 3.5 1972Buck and the PreacherRuth★ 6.3 1967The IncidentJoan Robinson★ 7.4 1961A Raisin in the SunRuth Younger★ 7.7 2007All About UsMs. Ella★ 4.4 1990Love at LargeCorrine Dart★ 5.0 1998The WallMrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")★ 6.8 2006No. 2Nanna Maria★ 6.5 1963The BalconyThief★ 5.2 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(archive footage)★ 5.3 1971The SheriffSue Ann Lucas★ 6.0 1972Black GirlNetta's mother★ 6.8 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives—★ 5.2 2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodNanny★ 5.7 1951The Tall TargetRachel★ 6.9 2000A Storm in SummerGrandmother★ 6.4 2001Feast of All SaintsElsie Claviere★ 4.8 2007SteamDoris★ 2.8 1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)★ 9.0 1968UptightLaurie★ 6.8 1958St. Louis BluesElizabeth★ 7.7 2013Betty and CorettaNarrator★ 7.2 1959Virgin IslandRuth★ 6.3 1957Edge of the CityLucy Tyler★ 7.2 1980All God's ChildrenIrene Whitfield★ 6.5 1990Zora is My Name!Zora Neale Hurston★ 10.0 1992Color AdjustmentNarrator★ 6.9 1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsGrandmother Baxter★ 4.3 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonJackie's Mother★ 7.2 1996Mr. and Mrs. LovingSophia★ 6.0 1993The Ernest Green StoryLydia Wilson★ 7.1 1954Go Man GoIrma Jackson★ 5.4 1984Go Tell It on the MountainMrs. Grimes★ 6.3 2011Politics of Love—★ 3.3 1999Passing GloryMommit Porter★ 6.0 1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsAnnie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany★ 7.3 1990Decoration DayRowena★ 6.9 1963Gone Are the Days!Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins★ 7.5 1994WhitewashGrandmother (voice)★ 6.0 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf★ 1.5 1969DeadlockLucinda★ 9.0 2006The Way Back HomeMaude★ 6.7 2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollMiss Candy★ 5.5 1995Tuesday Morning RideJennie★ 6.5 1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in HollywoodSelf★ 9.0 1959Take a Giant StepChristine★ 5.2 1974It's Good to Be AliveRuth Campanella★ 7.3 2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black CinemaHerself★ 6.5 2004Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksSelf—1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandSelf★ 8.0 2001Taking Back Our TownEmelda West★ 4.0 2000Finding Buck McHenryMrs. Henry★ 7.0 1976Countdown at KusiniLeah Matanzima★ 7.0 1974Wedding BandJulia Augustine—2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-JamalSelf★ 10.0 1993After GoodbyeNarrator—1982Long Day's Journey Into NightMary Tyrone★ 6.0 1991Jazztime TaleNarrator (voice)★ 7.0 1948What a Guy—★ 7.0 1948The Fight Never Ends—★ 8.0 1947Easy to GetDrugstore Girl★ 9.0 1980The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six—★ 7.0 1972To Be Young, Gifted and BlackLorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters★ 7.0 2018Poitier's Walter LeeSelf (archive footage)—2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown SchoolNarrator (voice)★ 7.3 1946That Man of MineJoan★ 8.0 1946Love in Syncopation——2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'Self—2006Discovering William GreavesSelf★ 7.0

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