Ruby Dee


    Starbirth:
    October 27, 1922
    Supernova:
    June 11, 2014
    Birthplace:
    Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Overview

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).


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Poitier's Walter Lee Self (archive footage) 2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Self 2014
Betty and Coretta Narrator 2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal Self 2013
A Thousand Words Annie McCall 2012
Video Girl Valerie 2011
Politics of Love 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Miss Candy 2011
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School Narrator (voice) 2009
America Mrs. Harper 2009
Steam Doris 2007
American Gangster Mama Lucas 2007
All About Us Ms. Ella 2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema Herself 2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson Self 2007
Discovering William Greaves Self 2006
No. 2 Nanna Maria 2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God Nanny 2005
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (archive footage) 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Self 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' Self 2002
Taking Back Our Town Emelda West 2001
Feast of All Saints Elsie Claviere 2001
Finding Buck McHenry Mrs. Henry 2000
A Storm in Summer Grandmother 2000
The Unfinished Journey Narrator (voice) 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany 1999
Baby Geniuses Margo 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Self 1999
Passing Glory Mommit Porter 1999
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner Narrator 1998
The Wall Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") 1998
A Simple Wish Hortence 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen Self (archive footage) 1997
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Indigo 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving Sophia 1996
Just Cause Evangeline Ferguson 1995
Tuesday Morning Ride Jennie 1995
Whitewash Grandmother (voice) 1994
The Stand Mother Abagail Freemantle 1994
After Goodbye Narrator 1993
Cop and ½ Rachel 1993
The Ernest Green Story Lydia Wilson 1993
Color Adjustment Narrator 1992
Jazztime Tale Narrator (voice) 1991
Jungle Fever Lucinda Purify 1991
Decoration Day Rowena 1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Jackie's Mother 1990
Love at Large Corrine Dart 1990
Zora is My Name! Zora Neale Hurston 1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing' Self 1989
Do the Right Thing Mother Sister 1989
Go Tell It on the Mountain Mrs. Grimes 1985
Long Day's Journey Into Night Mary Tyrone 1982
Cat People Female 1982
All God's Children Irene Whitfield 1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six 1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Grandmother Baxter 1979
Countdown at Kusini Leah Matanzima 1976
Wedding Band Julia Augustine 1974
It's Good to Be Alive Ruth Campanella 1974
Black Girl Netta's mother 1972
Buck and the Preacher Ruth 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters 1972
On Merit Narrator (voice) 1972
The Sheriff Sue Ann Lucas 1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970
Deadlock Lucinda 1969
Uptight Laurie 1968
The Incident Joan Robinson 1967
Neighbours Vicky Kingsbury 1966
Gone Are the Days! Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins 1963
The Balcony Thief 1963
A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger 1961
Take a Giant Step Christine 1959
Virgin Island Ruth 1959
St. Louis Blues Elizabeth 1958
Edge of the City Lucy Tyler 1957
Go Man Go Irma Jackson 1954
The Tall Target Rachel 1951
No Way Out Connie Brooks (uncredited) 1950
The Jackie Robinson Story Rae Robinson 1950
Easy to Get Drugstore Girl 1947
That Man of Mine Joan 1946
SHOWCHARACTERYEAR
The Golden Girls Mammy Watkins <mt>
China Beach <blank> <mt>
Little Bill <blank> <mt>
Roots: The Next Generations Queen Victoria Haley <mt>
Spenser: For Hire <blank> <mt>
The Great Adventure Harriet Tubman <mt>
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mary Wilson <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Rowena Finch <mt>
The Stand Mother Abagail <mt>
Police Woman <blank> <mt>
The Fugitive Laura Smith <mt>
Iconoclasts Self <mt>
The Kennedy Center Honors Self <mt>
Middle Ages Estelle Williams <mt>
Lincoln Elizabeth Keckley <mt>
American Experience Narrator (voice) <mt>
Christianity: The First 1000 Years Herself - Narrator <mt>
The Atlanta Child Murders Faye Williams <mt>
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest <mt>
Great Performances Self <mt>
The Defenders Catherine Collins <mt>
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Grandma (voice) <mt>
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years Narrator <mt>
Reading Rainbow Herself - Narrator (voice) <mt>
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