Ruby Dee
Actor

Ruby Dee

2 Movies
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday October 27, 1922 (103 years old)
Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As Ruby Ann Wallace
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Biography

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 (119)

Hollywood Black 2024
Poitier's Walter Lee 2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 2014
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal 2013
Betty and Coretta 2013
A Thousand Words 2012
Politics of Love 2011
Video Girl 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll 2011
America 2009
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School 2009
American Gangster 2007
Steam 2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema 2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 2007
All About Us 2007
No. 2 2006
Discovering William Greaves 2006
The Way Back Home 2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God 2005
Iconoclasts 2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' 2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years 2002
Feast of All Saints 2001
Taking Back Our Town 2001
Finding Buck McHenry 2000
A Storm in Summer 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
Passing Glory 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 1999
Baby Geniuses 1999
The Unfinished Journey 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 1999
Little Bill 1999
The Wall 1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner 1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood 1998
Christianity: The First 1000 Years 1998
A Simple Wish 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen 1997
Mr. and Mrs. Loving 1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story 1996
Just Cause 1995
Tuesday Morning Ride 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995
Whitewash 1994
The Stand 1994
Touched by an Angel 1994
Cop & Β½ 1993
After Goodbye 1993
The Ernest Green Story 1993
Color Adjustment 1992
Middle Ages 1992
Jungle Fever 1991
Jazztime Tale 1991
Love at Large 1990
Decoration Day 1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1990
Zora is My Name! 1990
Do the Right Thing 1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing' 1989
China Beach 1988
Lincoln 1988
American Experience 1988
Spenser: For Hire 1985
The Golden Girls 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders 1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain 1984
Reading Rainbow 1983
Cat People 1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night 1982
All God's Children 1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six 1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1979
Roots: The Next Generations 1979
The Kennedy Center Honors 1978
Countdown at Kusini 1976
It's Good to Be Alive 1974
Wedding Band 1974
Police Woman 1974
Chelsea D.H.O. 1973
Buck and the Preacher 1972
Black Girl 1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972
On Merit 1972
The Sheriff 1971
Great Performances 1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
Deadlock 1969
Uptight 1968
The Dick Cavett Show 1968
The Incident 1967
Now is the Time 1967
Neighbours 1966
Gone Are the Days! 1963
The Balcony 1963
The Great Adventure 1963
The Fugitive 1963
A Raisin in the Sun 1961
The Defenders 1961
Virgin Island 1959
Take a Giant Step 1959
St. Louis Blues 1958
Edge of the City 1957
Armchair Theatre 1956
Go Man Go 1954
The Oscars 1953
The Tall Target 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
The Jackie Robinson Story 1950
No Way Out 1950
The Fight Never Ends 1948
What a Guy 1948
Easy to Get 1947
That Man of Mine 1946
Love in Syncopation 1946