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