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