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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee
  • Name: Ruby Dee
  • Birthday: 1922-10-27
  • Also known as: Ruby Ann Wallace
  • Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Popularity: 7.124
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).

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