Ruby Dee
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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
Credits
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Annie McCall
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Mother Sister
Cat People (1982)
as Female
No. 2 (2006)
as Nanna Maria
Neighbours (1966)
as Vicky Kingsbury
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
A Simple Wish (1997)
as Hortence
The Incident (1967)
as Joan Robinson
Just Cause (1995)
as Evangeline Ferguson
Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Margo
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Elsie Claviere
America (2009)
as Mrs. Harper
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Ruth Younger
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
Cop & ½ (1993)
as Rachel
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
as Ruth
Love at Large (1990)
as Corrine Dart
Video Girl (2011)
as Valerie
Decoration Day (1990)
as Rowena
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
as Self
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Whitewash (1994)
as Grandmother (voice)
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
as Indigo
No Way Out (1950)
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
After Goodbye (1993)
as Narrator
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
as Mrs. Grimes
On Merit (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Love in Exile (2026)
Actor
Steam (2007)
as Doris
Chelsea D.H.O. (1973)
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
The Tall Target (1951)
as Rachel
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
as Mrs. Henry
Zora is My Name! (1990)
as Zora Neale Hurston
The Fight Never Ends (1948)
Actor
Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
as Sophia
The Way Back Home (2006)
as Maude
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Rae Robinson
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
as Jennie
Edge of the City (1957)
as Lucy Tyler
It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
as Ruth Campanella
The Balcony (1963)
as Thief
Politics of Love (2011)
Actor
Virgin Island (1959)
as Ruth
St. Louis Blues (1958)
as Elizabeth
What a Guy (1948)
Actor
All About Us (2007)
as Ms. Ella
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
as Nanny
Color Adjustment (1992)
as Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Actor
A Storm in Summer (2000)
as Grandmother
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011)
as Miss Candy
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
as Self
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Betty and Coretta (2013)
as Narrator
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
as Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sheriff (1971)
as Sue Ann Lucas
Deadlock (1969)
as Lucinda
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)
Black Girl (1972)
as Netta's mother
That Man of Mine (1946)
as Joan
Taking Back Our Town (2001)
as Emelda West
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Wall (1998)
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Easy to Get (1947)
as Drugstore Girl
Love in Syncopation (1946)
Actor
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
as Grandmother Baxter
Take a Giant Step (1959)
as Christine
Passing Glory (1999)
as Mommit Porter
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
as Self
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Jackie's Mother
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
as Self
All God's Children (1980)
as Irene Whitfield
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
as Self
Go Man Go (1954)
as Irma Jackson
Now is the Time (1967)
as Self
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)
as Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)
as Mary Tyrone
Countdown at Kusini (1976)
as Leah Matanzima
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six (1980)
Actor
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998)
as Narrator
Discovering William Greaves (2006)
as Self
Jazztime Tale (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Wedding Band (1974)
as Julia Augustine
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007)
as Herself