Ruby Dee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 27, 1922
- Died
- June 11, 2014 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self
Baby of the Family
Movie
Love in Exile
Movie
Hollywood Black
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Movie · as Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Movie · as Self
Betty and Coretta
Movie · as Narrator
A Thousand Words
Movie · as Annie McCall
Politics of Love
Movie
Video Girl
Movie · as Valerie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Miss Candy
America
Movie · as Mrs. Harper
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
American Gangster
Movie · as Mama Lucas
Steam
Movie · as Doris
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Movie · as Herself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Movie · as Self
All About Us
Movie · as Ms. Ella
No. 2
Movie · as Nanna Maria
Discovering William Greaves
Movie · as Self
The Way Back Home
Movie · as Maude
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie · as Nanny
Iconoclasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie · as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Movie · as Self
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
Feast of All Saints
Movie · as Elsie Claviere
Taking Back Our Town
Movie · as Emelda West
Finding Buck McHenry
Movie · as Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer
Movie · as Grandmother
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Mary Wilson · 1 ep
Passing Glory
Movie · as Mommit Porter
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Movie · as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses
Movie · as Margo
The Unfinished Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie · as Self
Little Bill
TV · 52 eps
The Wall
Movie · as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Movie · as Narrator
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
TV · as Herself - Narrator · 4 eps
A Simple Wish
Movie · as Hortence
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Movie · as Sophia
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Movie · as Indigo
Just Cause
Movie · as Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride
Movie · as Jennie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Grandma (voice) · 1 ep
Whitewash
Movie · as Grandmother (voice)
The Stand
Movie
The Stand
TV · as Mother Abagail Freemantle · 4 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as LaBelle Springbelt · 1 ep
Cop & ½
Movie · as Rachel
After Goodbye
Movie · as Narrator
The Ernest Green Story
Movie · as Lydia Wilson
Color Adjustment
Movie · as Narrator
Middle Ages
TV · as Estelle Williams · 6 eps
Jungle Fever
Movie · as Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Love at Large
Movie · as Corrine Dart
Decoration Day
Movie · as Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie · as Jackie's Mother
Zora is My Name!
Movie · as Zora Neale Hurston
Do the Right Thing
Movie · as Mother Sister
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Movie · as Self
China Beach
TV · 1 ep
Lincoln
TV · as Elizabeth Keckley · 2 eps
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
The Golden Girls
TV · as Mammy Watkins · 1 ep
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV · as Faye Williams · 2 eps
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Movie · as Mrs. Grimes
Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Cat People
Movie · as Female
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie · as Mary Tyrone
American Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Grimes, Zora Neale Hurston · 1 ep
All God's Children
Movie · as Irene Whitfield
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Movie
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Movie · as Grandmother Baxter
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Queen Haley · 3 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Countdown at Kusini
Movie · as Leah Matanzima
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie · as Ruth Campanella
Wedding Band
Movie · as Julia Augustine
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
Chelsea D.H.O.
Movie · as Dr. Bianca Pearson
Buck and the Preacher
Movie · as Ruth
Black Girl
Movie · as Netta's mother
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie · as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
On Merit
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Sheriff
Movie · as Sue Ann Lucas
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 2 eps
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Deadlock
Movie · as Lucinda
Uptight
Movie · as Laurie
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Incident
Movie · as Joan Robinson
Now is the Time
Movie · as Self
Neighbours
Movie · as Vicky Kingsbury
Gone Are the Days!
Movie · as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony
Movie · as Thief
The Great Adventure
TV · as Harriet Tubman · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Laura Smith · 1 ep
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · as Ruth Younger
The Defenders
TV · as Catherine Collins · 1 ep
Virgin Island
Movie · as Ruth
Take a Giant Step
Movie · as Christine
St. Louis Blues
Movie · as Elizabeth
Edge of the City
Movie · as Lucy Tyler
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Vicky Kingsbury · 1 ep
Go Man Go
Movie · as Irma Jackson
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tall Target
Movie · as Rachel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Rowena Finch · 1 ep
The Jackie Robinson Story
Movie · as Rae Robinson
No Way Out
Movie · as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Fight Never Ends
Movie
What a Guy
Movie
Easy to Get
Movie · as Drugstore Girl
That Man of Mine
Movie · as Joan
Love in Syncopation
Movie