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Ruby Dee

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Ruby Dee

Born · October 27, 1922

Died · June 11, 2014 (91 years old)

Poitier's Walter Lee

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2018

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Self

1.5

2014

Betty and Coretta

Betty and Coretta

Narrator

7.2

2013

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self

10.0

2013

A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

Annie McCall

6.1

2012

Video Girl

Video Girl

Valerie

6.7

2011

Politics of Love

Politics of Love

4.5

2011

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Miss Candy

5.4

2011

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

Narrator (voice)

7.3

2009

America

America

Mrs. Harper

3.5

2009

Steam

Steam

Doris

3.1

2007

American Gangster

American Gangster

Mama Lucas

7.6

2007

All About Us

All About Us

Ms. Ella

4.3

2007

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

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

Discovering William Greaves

Self

0.0

2006

No. 2

No. 2

Nanna Maria

6.0

2006

Iconoclasts

Iconoclasts

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

2005

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Nanny

5.8

2005

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self

0.0

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

(archive footage)

4.0

2004

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

5.9

2003

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Self

0.0

2002

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Narrator · (2 episodes)

6.0

2002

Taking Back Our Town

Taking Back Our Town

Emelda West

0.0

2001

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

Elsie Claviere

4.6

2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Mary Wilson · (1 episode)

7.6

2000

Finding Buck McHenry

Finding Buck McHenry

Mrs. Henry

0.0

2000

A Storm in Summer

A Storm in Summer

Grandmother

5.8

2000

The Unfinished Journey

Narrator (voice)

6.0

1999

Little Bill

Little Bill

(47 episodes)

6.6

1999

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

7.5

1999

Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses

Margo

4.1

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self

0.0

1999

Passing Glory

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

The Wall

Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

5.7

1998

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Self

0.0

1998

A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

Hortence

5.5

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

10.0

1997

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Indigo

3.2

1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Sophia

5.6

1996

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Grandma (voice) · (1 episode)

6.0

1995

Just Cause

Just Cause

Evangeline Ferguson

6.2

1995

Tuesday Morning Ride

Tuesday Morning Ride

Jennie

6.3

1995

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

LaBelle Springbelt · (1 episode)

7.2

1994

Whitewash

Whitewash

Grandmother (voice)

6.0

1994

The Stand

The Stand

Mother Abagail

0.0

1994

The Stand

The Stand

Mother Abagail · (4 episodes)

6.8

1994

After Goodbye

After Goodbye

Narrator

0.0

1993

Cop and ½

Cop and ½

Rachel

4.5

1993

The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story

Lydia Wilson

6.9

1993

Middle Ages

Middle Ages

Estelle Williams · (6 episodes)

6.0

1992

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

Narrator

6.9

1992

Jazztime Tale

Jazztime Tale

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1991

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Lucinda Purify

6.4

1991

Decoration Day

Decoration Day

Rowena

7.3

1990

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Jackie's Mother

8.0

1990

Love at Large

Love at Large

Corrine Dart

4.8

1990

Zora is My Name!

Zora is My Name!

Zora Neale Hurston

0.0

1990

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Self

6.7

1989

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Mother Sister

7.8

1989

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)

7.5

1988

China Beach

China Beach

(1 episode)

7.3

1988

Lincoln

Lincoln

Elizabeth Keckley · (2 episodes)

7.3

1988

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

(1 episode)

6.6

1985

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

Mammy Watkins · (1 episode)

7.5

1985

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders

Faye Williams · (2 episodes)

5.9

1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Mrs. Grimes

5.0

1985

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

Herself - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)

8.4

1983

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Mary Tyrone

6.0

1982

Cat People

Cat People

Female

6.1

1982

All God's Children

All God's Children

Irene Whitfield

4.0

1980

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

0.0

1980

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Grandmother Baxter

3.7

1979

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

Queen Victoria Haley · (7 episodes)

7.3

1979

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

1978

Countdown at Kusini

Countdown at Kusini

Leah Matanzima

0.0

1976

Police Woman

Police Woman

(1 episode)

6.2

1974

Wedding Band

Wedding Band

Julia Augustine

0.0

1974

It's Good to Be Alive

It's Good to Be Alive

Ruth Campanella

6.6

1974

Black Girl

Black Girl

Netta's mother

7.0

1972

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

Ruth

6.2

1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

5.0

1972

On Merit

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1972

The Sheriff

The Sheriff

Sue Ann Lucas

6.0

1971

Great Performances

Great Performances

Self · (2 episodes)

5.2

1971

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

7.3

1970

Deadlock

Deadlock

Lucinda

0.0

1969

Uptight

Uptight

Laurie

6.5

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

6.7

1968

The Incident

The Incident

Joan Robinson

7.3

1967

Neighbours

Vicky Kingsbury

0.0

1966

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

Harriet Tubman · (1 episode)

0.0

1963

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Laura Smith · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

Gone Are the Days!

Gone Are the Days!

Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

6.7

1963

The Balcony

The Balcony

Thief

5.2

1963

The Defenders

The Defenders

Catherine Collins · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Ruth Younger

7.6

1961

Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

Christine

5.2

1959

Virgin Island

Virgin Island

Ruth

5.0

1959

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

Elizabeth

7.8

1958

Edge of the City

Edge of the City

Lucy Tyler

7.1

1957

Go Man Go

Go Man Go

Irma Jackson

5.7

1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Rowena Finch · (1 episode)

8.7

1951

The Tall Target

The Tall Target

Rachel

6.9

1951

No Way Out

No Way Out

Connie Brooks (uncredited)

6.9

1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

The Jackie Robinson Story

Rae Robinson

6.4

1950

The Fight Never Ends

The Fight Never Ends

0.0

1948

What a Guy

What a Guy

0.0

1948

Easy to Get

Easy to Get

Drugstore Girl

0.0

1947

Love in Syncopation

Love in Syncopation

0.0

1946

That Man of Mine

That Man of Mine

Joan

0.0

1946