Ruby Dee
Born October 27, 1922 · 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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
American Gangster
A Thousand Words
Cat People
Do the Right Thing
Just Cause
Jungle Fever
Baby Geniuses
A Simple Wish
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
No. 2
Cop & ½
Buck and the Preacher
No Way Out
Feast of All Saints
A Raisin in the Sun
The Incident
America
Uptight
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Edge of the City
The Unfinished Journey
TV Shows
Touched by an Angel
American Experience
The Dick Cavett Show
The Defenders
American Playhouse
The Oscars
Police Woman
China Beach
Reading Rainbow
The Stand
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Spenser: For Hire
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Great Adventure
Iconoclasts
Little Bill
Roots: The Next Generations
Hollywood Black
The Atlanta Child Murders
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Armchair Theatre
Middle Ages
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
More Movies
Gone Are the Days!
Video Girl
Love at Large
Color Adjustment
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Sports on the Silver Screen
Whitewash
The Wall
The Sheriff
St. Louis Blues
The Tall Target
Steam
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
It's Good to Be Alive
Easy to Get
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Taking Back Our Town
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Balcony
The Way Back Home
After Goodbye
The Ernest Green Story
Black Girl
Countdown at Kusini
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
The Fight Never Ends
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
All About Us
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Go Man Go
Decoration Day
Finding Buck McHenry
Take a Giant Step
Deadlock
Politics of Love
A Storm in Summer
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Betty and Coretta
Zora is My Name!
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
That Man of Mine
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Passing Glory
Virgin Island
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
What a Guy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Love in Syncopation
All God's Children
Tuesday Morning Ride
Jazztime Tale
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Poitier's Walter Lee
Wedding Band
Discovering William Greaves
