Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best-known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Dee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 27, 1924 In Cleveland - Ohio - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 89
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Jackie Robinson Story 1950-05-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Betty and Coretta 2013-02-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Betty and Coretta | Narrator | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | Self | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | A Thousand Words | Annie McCall | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Miss Candy | 2011-08-05 |
| Movie | Video Girl | Valerie | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Politics of Love | 2011-08-26 | |
| Movie | America | Mrs. Harper | 2009-02-28 |
| Movie | All About Us | Ms. Ella | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema | Herself | 2007-09-15 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Mama Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | Steam | Doris | 2007-11-15 |
| Movie | No. 2 | Nanna Maria | 2006-02-16 |
| Movie | Discovering William Greaves | Self | 2006-12-06 |
| Movie | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Nanny | 2005-03-06 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self | 2003-08-22 |
| Movie | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' | Self | 2002-06-14 |
| Movie | Taking Back Our Town | Emelda West | 2001-12-10 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Elsie Claviere | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | A Storm in Summer | Grandmother | 2000-01-18 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Finding Buck McHenry | Mrs. Henry | 2000-04-16 |
| Movie | Passing Glory | Mommit Porter | 1999-02-21 |
| Movie | Baby Geniuses | Margo | 1999-03-12 |
| Movie | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany | 1999-04-18 |
| Series | Little Bill | 1999-11-28 | |
| Movie | The Wall | Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") | 1998-05-24 |
| Movie | A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner | Narrator | 1998-12-07 |
| Series | Christianity: The First 1000 Years | Herself - Narrator | 1998-11-29 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | A Simple Wish | Hortence | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Sophia | 1996-03-13 |
| Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | Indigo | 1996-04-14 |
| Movie | Tuesday Morning Ride | 1995-01-01 | |
| Movie | Just Cause | Evangeline Ferguson | 1995-02-17 |
| Series | The Stand | Mother Abagail | 1994-05-08 |
| Movie | Whitewash | Grandmother (voice) | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Cop and ½ | Rachel | 1993-04-02 |
| Movie | The Ernest Green Story | Lydia Wilson | 1993-01-17 |
| Movie | Color Adjustment | Narrator | 1992-01-29 |
| Series | Middle Ages | Estelle Williams | 1992-09-03 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Lucinda Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Jazztime Tale | Narrator (voice) | 1991-11-02 |
| Movie | Zora is My Name! | Zora Neale Hurston | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Love at Large | Corrine Dart | 1990-03-09 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Jackie's Mother | 1990-10-15 |
| Movie | Decoration Day | Rowena | 1990-12-02 |
| Movie | Do the Right Thing | Mother Sister | 1989-06-14 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Series | Lincoln | Elizabeth Keckley | 1988-03-27 |
| Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Mrs. Grimes | 1985-01-14 |
| Series | The Atlanta Child Murders | Faye Williams | 1985-02-10 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | The Golden Girls | Mammy Watkins | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | Cat People | Female | 1982-04-02 |
| Movie | All God's Children | Irene Whitfield | 1980-04-28 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Queen Victoria Haley | 1979-02-18 |
| Movie | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Grandmother Baxter | 1979-04-28 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | Countdown at Kusini | Leah Matanzima | 1976-04-16 |
| Movie | Wedding Band | Julia Augustine | 1974-04-24 |
| Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Ruth Campanella | 1974-02-22 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters | 1972-01-20 |
| Movie | Black Girl | Netta's mother | 1972-11-09 |
| Movie | Buck and the Preacher | Ruth | 1972-03-17 |
| Movie | The Sheriff | Sue Ann Lucas | 1971-03-30 |
| Movie | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| Movie | Deadlock | Lucinda | 1969-02-22 |
| Movie | Uptight | Laurie | 1968-12-28 |
| Movie | The Incident | Joan Robinson | 1967-11-05 |
| Movie | The Balcony | Thief | 1963-03-21 |
| Movie | Gone Are the Days! | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins | 1963-08-09 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger | 1961-05-28 |
| Movie | Virgin Island | Ruth | 1959-08-07 |
| Movie | Take a Giant Step | Christine | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | St. Louis Blues | Elizabeth | 1958-04-07 |
| Movie | Edge of the City | Lucy Tyler | 1957-01-04 |
| Movie | Go Man Go | Irma Jackson | 1954-01-27 |
| Movie | The Tall Target | Rachel | 1951-08-17 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | The Jackie Robinson Story | Rae Robinson | 1950-05-16 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Connie Brooks (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |