People
Ruby Dee
- Name: Ruby Dee
- Birthday: 1922-10-27
- Also known as: Ruby Ann Wallace
- Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Popularity: 9.909
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).
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-25 |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Betty and Coretta as Narrator | 2013-02-02 |
| Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self | 2013-02-01 |
| A Thousand Words as Annie McCall | 2012-03-07 |
| Video Girl as Valerie | 2011-10-11 |
| Politics of Love | 2011-08-26 |
| The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Miss Candy | 2011-08-05 |
| A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School as Narrator (voice) | 2009-07-22 |
| America as Mrs. Harper | 2009-02-28 |
| Steam as Doris | 2007-11-15 |
| American Gangster as Mama Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
| All About Us as Ms. Ella | 2007-10-01 |
| In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema as Herself | 2007-09-15 |
| Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self | 2007-01-31 |
| Discovering William Greaves as Self | 2006-12-06 |
| No. 2 as Nanna Maria | 2006-02-16 |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God as Nanny | 2005-03-06 |
| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self | 2004-02-25 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 |
| Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self | 2002-06-14 |
| Taking Back Our Town as Emelda West | 2001-12-10 |
| Feast of All Saints as Elsie Claviere | 2001-11-11 |
| Finding Buck McHenry as Mrs. Henry | 2000-04-16 |
| A Storm in Summer as Grandmother | 2000-01-18 |
| The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-31 |
| Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany | 1999-04-18 |
| Baby Geniuses as Margo | 1999-03-12 |
| Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self | 1999-02-24 |
| Passing Glory as Mommit Porter | 1999-02-21 |
| A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner as Narrator | 1998-12-07 |
| The Wall as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") | 1998-05-24 |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self | 1998-02-10 |
| A Simple Wish as Hortence | 1997-07-11 |
| Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story as Indigo | 1996-04-14 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Loving as Sophia | 1996-03-13 |
| Just Cause as Evangeline Ferguson | 1995-02-17 |
| Tuesday Morning Ride as Jennie | 1995-01-01 |
| Whitewash as Grandmother (voice) | 1994-08-16 |
| After Goodbye as Narrator | 1993-06-23 |
| Cop and ½ as Rachel | 1993-04-02 |
| The Ernest Green Story as Lydia Wilson | 1993-01-17 |
| Color Adjustment as Narrator | 1992-01-29 |
| Jazztime Tale as Narrator (voice) | 1991-11-02 |
| Jungle Fever as Lucinda Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Decoration Day as Rowena | 1990-12-02 |
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Jackie's Mother | 1990-10-15 |
| Love at Large as Corrine Dart | 1990-03-09 |
| Zora is My Name! as Zora Neale Hurston | 1990-01-01 |
| Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Do the Right Thing as Mother Sister | 1989-06-14 |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain as Mrs. Grimes | 1985-01-14 |
| Long Day's Journey Into Night as Mary Tyrone | 1982-11-23 |
| Cat People as Female | 1982-04-02 |
| All God's Children as Irene Whitfield | 1980-04-28 |
| The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six | 1980-01-01 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Grandmother Baxter | 1979-04-28 |
| Countdown at Kusini as Leah Matanzima | 1976-04-16 |
| Wedding Band as Julia Augustine | 1974-04-24 |
| It's Good to Be Alive as Ruth Campanella | 1974-02-22 |
| Black Girl as Netta's mother | 1972-11-09 |
| Buck and the Preacher as Ruth | 1972-03-17 |
| To Be Young, Gifted and Black as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters | 1972-01-20 |
| On Merit as Narrator (voice) | 1972-01-01 |
| The Sheriff as Sue Ann Lucas | 1971-03-30 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| Deadlock as Lucinda | 1969-02-22 |
| Uptight as Laurie | 1968-12-28 |
| The Incident as Joan Robinson | 1967-11-05 |
| Neighbours as Vicky Kingsbury | 1966-01-15 |
| Gone Are the Days! as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins | 1963-08-09 |
| The Balcony as Thief | 1963-03-21 |
| A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger | 1961-05-28 |
| Take a Giant Step as Christine | 1959-12-01 |
| Virgin Island as Ruth | 1959-08-07 |
| St. Louis Blues as Elizabeth | 1958-04-07 |
| Edge of the City as Lucy Tyler | 1957-01-04 |
| Go Man Go as Irma Jackson | 1954-01-27 |
| The Tall Target as Rachel | 1951-08-17 |
| No Way Out as Connie Brooks (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |
| The Jackie Robinson Story as Rae Robinson | 1950-05-16 |
| The Fight Never Ends | 1948-03-06 |
| What a Guy | 1948-01-01 |
| Easy to Get as Drugstore Girl | 1947-07-10 |
| Love in Syncopation | 1946-08-03 |
| That Man of Mine as Joan | 1946-01-01 |
