Ruby Dee
Acting
1922-10-27 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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).
Filmography
Love in Exile
2026 · Movie
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Movie
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Movie
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Movie
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Movie
A Thousand Words
2012 · Movie
Video Girl
2011 · Movie
Politics of Love
2011 · Movie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · Movie
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · Movie
America
2009 · Movie
Steam
2007 · Movie
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
All About Us
2007 · Movie
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Movie
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Movie
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Movie
The Way Back Home
2006 · Movie
No. 2
2006 · Movie
Iconoclasts
2005 · Series
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · Movie
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Movie
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Movie
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Movie
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · Series
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · Movie
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Movie
A Storm in Summer
2000 · Movie
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Movie
Little Bill
1999 · Series
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Movie
Baby Geniuses
1999 · Movie
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Movie
Passing Glory
1999 · Movie
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998 · Movie
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998 · Series
The Wall
1998 · Movie
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Movie
A Simple Wish
1997 · Movie
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Movie
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996 · Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Just Cause
1995 · Movie
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Whitewash
1994 · Movie
The Stand
1994 · Series
After Goodbye
1993 · Movie
Cop & ½
1993 · Movie
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Movie
Middle Ages
1992 · Series
Color Adjustment
1992 · Movie
Jazztime Tale
1991 · Movie
Jungle Fever
1991 · Movie
Decoration Day
1990 · Movie
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Movie
Love at Large
1990 · Movie
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Movie
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989 · Movie
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
China Beach
1988 · Series
Lincoln
1988 · Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Series
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Movie
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
1983 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982 · Movie
Cat People
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
All God's Children
1980 · Movie
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 · Movie
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Movie
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
Countdown at Kusini
1976 · Movie
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Wedding Band
1974 · Movie
It's Good to Be Alive
1974 · Movie
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973 · Movie
Black Girl
1972 · Movie
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Movie
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · Movie
On Merit
1972 · Movie
The Sheriff
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
Deadlock
1969 · Movie
Uptight
1968 · Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Incident
1967 · Movie
Now is the Time
1967 · Movie
Neighbours
1966 · Movie
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · Movie
The Balcony
1963 · Movie
The Defenders
1961 · Series
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Movie
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Movie
Virgin Island
1959 · Movie
St. Louis Blues
1958 · Movie
Edge of the City
1957 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Go Man Go
1954 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Tall Target
1951 · Movie
No Way Out
1950 · Movie
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Movie
The Fight Never Ends
1948 · Movie
What a Guy
1948 · Movie
Easy to Get
1947 · Movie
Love in Syncopation
1946 · Movie
That Man of Mine
1946 · Movie