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