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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 27, 1922
Died
June 11, 2014
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Ruby Ann Wallace
Ruby Dee
0.9 Popularity
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
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
1.5
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
7.2
Narrator
Betty and Coretta
2013
10.0
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
6.1
Annie McCall
A Thousand Words
2012
6.2
Valerie
Video Girl
2011
3.3
Politics of Love
2011
5.5
Miss Candy
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
7.3
Narrator (voice)
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
3.5
Mrs. Harper
America
2009
Credits
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014
1.5
Betty and Coretta
as Narrator
2013
7.2
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
2013
10.0
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
2012
6.1
Video Girl
as Valerie
2011
6.2
Politics of Love
2011
3.3
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy
2011
5.5
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
as Narrator (voice)
2009
7.3
America
as Mrs. Harper
2009
3.5
Steam
as Doris
2007
2.8
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
2007
7.6
All About Us
as Ms. Ella
2007
4.4
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
as Herself
2007
6.5
🎬
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
2007
0.0
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
2006
7.0
The Way Back Home
as Maude
2006
6.5
No. 2
as Nanna Maria
2006
6.0
Iconoclasts
as Self
2005
6.0
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Nanny
2005
5.4
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
2004
0.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
4.0
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
4.8
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
as Self
2002
0.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator
2002
6.0
Taking Back Our Town
as Emelda West
2001
1.0
Feast of All Saints
as Elsie Claviere
2001
4.4
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mary Wilson
2000
7.6
Finding Buck McHenry
as Mrs. Henry
2000
0.0
A Storm in Summer
as Grandmother
2000
5.8
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
6.0
Little Bill
1999
6.8
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1999
7.5
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
1999
4.1
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1999
0.0
Passing Glory
as Mommit Porter
1999
5.8
🎬
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
as Narrator
1998
0.0
🎬
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
as Herself - Narrator
1998
0.0
The Wall
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
1998
5.7
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
1998
0.0
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
1997
5.5
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
10.0
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Indigo
1996
3.8
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
as Sophia
1996
5.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Grandma (voice)
1995
6.0
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
1995
6.3
Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jennie
1995
6.3
Touched by an Angel
as LaBelle Springbelt
1994
7.2
Whitewash
as Grandmother (voice)
1994
6.0
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994
6.8
After Goodbye
as Narrator
1993
0.0
Cop & ½
as Rachel
1993
4.5
The Ernest Green Story
as Lydia Wilson
1993
6.9
Middle Ages
as Estelle Williams
1992
6.0
Color Adjustment
as Narrator
1992
6.9
Jazztime Tale
as Narrator (voice)
1991
0.0
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
1991
6.4
Decoration Day
as Rowena
1990
6.9
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother
1990
7.0
Love at Large
as Corrine Dart
1990
4.8
Zora is My Name!
as Zora Neale Hurston
1990
0.0
🎬
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
1989
6.7
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
1989
7.8
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
China Beach
1988
7.4
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley
1988
7.2
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
The Golden Girls
as Mammy Watkins
1985
7.6
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Faye Williams
1985
5.6
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Mrs. Grimes
1984
6.4
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Mary Tyrone
1982
6.0
Cat People
as Female
1982
6.0
All God's Children
as Irene Whitfield
1980
4.0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
0.0
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Grandmother Baxter
1979
4.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as Queen Haley
1979
7.5
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Countdown at Kusini
as Leah Matanzima
1976
0.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Wedding Band
as Julia Augustine
1974
0.0
It's Good to Be Alive
as Ruth Campanella
1974
6.6
Black Girl
as Netta's mother
1972
6.4
Buck and the Preacher
as Ruth
1972
6.3
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1972
5.0
🎬
On Merit
as Narrator (voice)
1972
0.0
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas
1971
5.3
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
Deadlock
as Lucinda
1969
0.0
Uptight
as Laurie
1968
6.6
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Incident
as Joan Robinson
1967
7.4
🎬
Neighbours
as Vicky Kingsbury
1966
0.0
The Great Adventure
as Harriet Tubman
1963
0.0
The Fugitive
as Laura Smith
1963
7.2
Gone Are the Days!
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1963
6.7
The Balcony
as Thief
1963
5.0
The Defenders
as Catherine Collins
1961
5.9
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
1961
7.7
Take a Giant Step
as Christine
1959
4.9
Virgin Island
as Ruth
1959
5.0
St. Louis Blues
as Elizabeth
1958
7.6
Edge of the City
as Lucy Tyler
1957
7.1
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson
1954
5.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rowena Finch
1951
8.6
The Tall Target
as Rachel
1951
6.8
No Way Out
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1950
6.9
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Rae Robinson
1950
6.3
The Fight Never Ends
1948
0.0
What a Guy
1948
0.0
Easy to Get
as Drugstore Girl
1947
0.0
Love in Syncopation
1946
0.0
That Man of Mine
as Joan
1946
0.0