Name
Ruby Dee
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-10-27
Deathday
2014-06-11 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
American Gangster
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Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Caro...
Relase Date : 2 Nov, 2007
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A Thousand Words
(1,456 Votes)
6.134
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. H...
Relase Date : 7 Mar, 2012
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Do the Right Thing
(2,106 Votes)
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Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, bec...
Relase Date : 14 Jun, 1989
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Cat People
(600 Votes)
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After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Or...
Relase Date : 2 Apr, 1982
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Baby Geniuses
(429 Votes)
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BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public does...
Relase Date : 12 Mar, 1999
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Jungle Fever
(334 Votes)
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A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from wo...
Relase Date : 7 Jun, 1991
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The Incident
(89 Votes)
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Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train....
Relase Date : 5 Nov, 1967
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1989 Do the Right Thing as Mother Sister
- 1991 Jungle Fever as Lucinda Purify
- 2007 American Gangster as Mama Lucas
- 2009 America as Mrs. Harper
- 1982 Cat People as Female
- 1990 Love at Large as Corrine Dart
- 1991 Jazztime Tale as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 Just Cause as Evangeline Ferguson
- 1993 Cop & ½ as Rachel
- 1972 Buck and the Preacher as Ruth
- 2006 No. 2 as Nanna Maria
- 1951 The Tall Target as Rachel
- 1957 Edge of the City as Lucy Tyler
- 1961 A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger
- 1950 The Jackie Robinson Story as Rae Robinson
- 1967 The Incident as Joan Robinson
- 1997 A Simple Wish as Hortence
- 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God as Nanny
- 2011 Politics of Love
- 2001 Feast of All Saints as Elsie Claviere
- 1972 Black Girl as Netta's mother
- 2011 Video Girl as Valerie
- 1990 Decoration Day as Rowena
- 1968 Uptight as Laurie
- 2000 Finding Buck McHenry as Mrs. Henry
- 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving as Sophia
- 1974 It's Good to Be Alive as Ruth Campanella
- 2000 A Storm in Summer as Grandmother
- 2013 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- 2013 Betty and Coretta as Narrator
- 2007 Steam as Doris
- 1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Grandmother Baxter
- 1959 Virgin Island as Ruth
- 1959 Take a Giant Step as Christine
- 1995 Tuesday Morning Ride as Jennie
- 1963 Gone Are the Days! as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
- 1993 After Goodbye as Narrator
- 1997 Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1946 That Man of Mine as Joan
- 1969 Deadlock as Lucinda
- 1982 Long Day's Journey Into Night as Mary Tyrone
- 2009 A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Passing Glory as Mommit Porter
- 1998 The Wall as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
- 1976 Countdown at Kusini as Leah Matanzima
- 1994 Whitewash as Grandmother (voice)
- 2001 Taking Back Our Town as Emelda West
- 1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Jackie's Mother
- 1998 A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner as Narrator
- 1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
- 1966 Neighbours as Vicky Kingsbury
- 1950 No Way Out as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
- 1996 Captive Heart: The James Mink Story as Indigo
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1946 Love in Syncopation
- 1948 The Fight Never Ends
- 1948 What a Guy
- 1974 Wedding Band as Julia Augustine
- 2011 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Miss Candy
- 1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
- 2007 In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema as Herself
- 1980 All God's Children as Irene Whitfield
- 1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain as Mrs. Grimes
- 2004 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 1993 The Ernest Green Story as Lydia Wilson
- 2012 A Thousand Words as Annie McCall
- 1990 Zora is My Name! as Zora Neale Hurston
- 2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage)
- 1958 St. Louis Blues as Elizabeth
- 1963 The Balcony as Thief
- 2002 Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self
- 1992 Color Adjustment as Narrator
- 1954 Go Man Go as Irma Jackson
- 2006 Discovering William Greaves as Self
- 1999 Baby Geniuses as Margo
- 2018 Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 To Be Young, Gifted and Black as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
- 1971 The Sheriff as Sue Ann Lucas
- 2014 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
- 1972 On Merit as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self
- 1999 Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1980 The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
- 2007 All About Us as Ms. Ella
- 1947 Easy to Get as Drugstore Girl
- 1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 2006 The Way Back Home as Maude
- 1973 Chelsea D.H.O. as Dr. Bianca Pearson
- 1967 Now is the Time as Self
- 2026 Love in Exile
- Soon Diamonds on the Silver Screen as Self
- 1994 The Stand
- Soon Baby of the Family
- 1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 1 episode )
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Mary Wilson
- 1963 The Great Adventure ( 1 episode ) as Harriet Tubman
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Mammy Watkins
- 1988 China Beach ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Little Bill ( 52 episodes )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Rowena Finch
- 1994 The Stand ( 4 episodes ) as Mother Abagail Freemantle
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Laura Smith
- 2005 Iconoclasts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Middle Ages ( 6 episodes ) as Estelle Williams
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Catherine Collins
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Lincoln ( 2 episodes ) as Elizabeth Keckley
- 1983 Reading Rainbow ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1988 American Experience ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 Christianity: The First 1000 Years ( 4 episodes ) as Herself - Narrator
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders ( 2 episodes ) as Faye Williams
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as Grandma (voice)
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2002 Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as LaBelle Springbelt
- 1971 Great Performances ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 3 episodes ) as Queen Haley
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Vicky Kingsbury
- 2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Grimes
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Zora Neale Hurston
