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Ruby Dee
Born · October 27, 1922
Died · June 11, 2014 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Bio
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).
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
1.5
2014
Betty and Coretta
Narrator
7.2
2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
10.0
2013
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
6.1
2012
Video Girl
Valerie
6.7
2011
Politics of Love
4.5
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
5.4
2011
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)
7.3
2009
America
Mrs. Harper
3.5
2009
Steam
Doris
3.1
2007
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
7.6
2007
All About Us
Ms. Ella
4.3
2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself
6.5
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
0.0
2007
Discovering William Greaves
Self
0.0
2006
No. 2
Nanna Maria
6.0
2006
Iconoclasts
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
5.8
2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
0.0
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
4.0
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self
0.0
2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator · (2 episodes)
6.0
2002
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
0.0
2001
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
4.6
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson · (1 episode)
7.6
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry
0.0
2000
A Storm in Summer
Grandmother
5.8
2000
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1999
Little Bill
(47 episodes)
6.6
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
7.5
1999
Baby Geniuses
Margo
4.1
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
0.0
1999
Passing Glory
Mommit Porter
5.8
1999
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
0.0
1998
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Herself - Narrator · (4 episodes)
0.0
1998
The Wall
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
5.7
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
0.0
1998
A Simple Wish
Hortence
5.5
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
10.0
1997
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo
3.2
1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia
5.6
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Grandma (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
6.2
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
Jennie
6.3
1995
Touched by an Angel
LaBelle Springbelt · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)
6.0
1994
The Stand
Mother Abagail
0.0
1994
The Stand
Mother Abagail · (4 episodes)
6.8
1994
After Goodbye
Narrator
0.0
1993
Cop and ½
Rachel
4.5
1993
The Ernest Green Story
Lydia Wilson
6.9
1993
Middle Ages
Estelle Williams · (6 episodes)
6.0
1992
Color Adjustment
Narrator
6.9
1992
Jazztime Tale
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
6.4
1991
Decoration Day
Rowena
7.3
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother
8.0
1990
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
4.8
1990
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
0.0
1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
6.7
1989
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
7.8
1989
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
China Beach
(1 episode)
7.3
1988
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley · (2 episodes)
7.3
1988
Spenser: For Hire
(1 episode)
6.6
1985
The Golden Girls
Mammy Watkins · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams · (2 episodes)
5.9
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes
5.0
1985
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
8.4
1983
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone
6.0
1982
Cat People
Female
6.1
1982
All God's Children
Irene Whitfield
4.0
1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
0.0
1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter
3.7
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Queen Victoria Haley · (7 episodes)
7.3
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
Countdown at Kusini
Leah Matanzima
0.0
1976
Police Woman
(1 episode)
6.2
1974
Wedding Band
Julia Augustine
0.0
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
Ruth Campanella
6.6
1974
Black Girl
Netta's mother
7.0
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
6.2
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
5.0
1972
On Merit
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1972
The Sheriff
Sue Ann Lucas
6.0
1971
Great Performances
Self · (2 episodes)
5.2
1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
7.3
1970
Deadlock
Lucinda
0.0
1969
Uptight
Laurie
6.5
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
The Incident
Joan Robinson
7.3
1967
Neighbours
Vicky Kingsbury
0.0
1966
The Great Adventure
Harriet Tubman · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
The Fugitive
Laura Smith · (1 episode)
7.2
1963
Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
6.7
1963
The Balcony
Thief
5.2
1963
The Defenders
Catherine Collins · (1 episode)
6.2
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
7.6
1961
Take a Giant Step
Christine
5.2
1959
Virgin Island
Ruth
5.0
1959
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
7.8
1958
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
7.1
1957
Go Man Go
Irma Jackson
5.7
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rowena Finch · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
The Tall Target
Rachel
6.9
1951
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
6.9
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
6.4
1950
The Fight Never Ends
0.0
1948
What a Guy
0.0
1948
Easy to Get
Drugstore Girl
0.0
1947
Love in Syncopation
0.0
1946
That Man of Mine
Joan
0.0
1946