Ruby Dee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-10-27
Day of Death
2014-06-11 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ruby Dee
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).
Acting
(2018)
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
(2013)
Betty and Coretta
as Narrator
(2013)
(2012)
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
(2011)
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy
(2011)
Video Girl
as Valerie
(2011)
(2009)
America
as Mrs. Harper
(2009)
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
(2007)
Steam
as Doris
(2007)
All About Us
as Ms. Ella
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
No. 2
as Nanna Maria
(2006)
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
(2005)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Nanny
(2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
(2004)
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
(2001)
Feast of All Saints
as Elsie Claviere
(2001)
Taking Back Our Town
as Emelda West
(2000)
A Storm in Summer
as Grandmother
(2000)
Finding Buck McHenry
as Mrs. Henry
(1999)
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
(1999)
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
(1999)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(1999)
Passing Glory
as Mommit Porter
(1998)
The Wall
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
(1998)
(1998)
(1997)
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
(1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Indigo
(1996)
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
as Sophia
(1995)
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
(1995)
Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jennie
(1994)
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
(1994)
Whitewash
as Grandmother (voice)
(1993)
Cop & ½
as Rachel
(1993)
The Ernest Green Story
as Lydia Wilson
(1993)
After Goodbye
as Narrator
(1992)
Color Adjustment
as Narrator
(1991)
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
(1991)
Jazztime Tale
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Love at Large
as Corrine Dart
(1990)
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother
(1990)
Decoration Day
as Rowena
(1990)
Zora is My Name!
as Zora Neale Hurston
(1989)
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
(1989)
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
(1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Mrs. Grimes
(1982)
Cat People
as Female
(1982)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Mary Tyrone
(1980)
(1980)
All God's Children
as Irene Whitfield
(1979)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Grandmother Baxter
(1976)
Countdown at Kusini
as Leah Matanzima
(1974)
It's Good to Be Alive
as Ruth Campanella
(1974)
Wedding Band
as Julia Augustine
(1972)
Buck and the Preacher
as Ruth
(1972)
Black Girl
as Netta's mother
(1972)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
(1972)
On Merit
as Narrator (voice)
(1971)
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
Deadlock
as Lucinda
(1968)
Uptight
as Laurie
(1967)
The Incident
as Joan Robinson
(1966)
Neighbours
as Vicky Kingsbury
(1963)
The Balcony
as Thief
(1963)
Gone Are the Days!
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
(1961)
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
(1959)
Virgin Island
as Ruth
(1959)
Take a Giant Step
as Christine
(1958)
St. Louis Blues
as Elizabeth
(1957)
Edge of the City
as Lucy Tyler
(1954)
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson
(1951)
The Tall Target
as Rachel
(1950)
No Way Out
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
(1950)
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Rae Robinson
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
Easy to Get
as Drugstore Girl
(1946)
That Man of Mine
as Joan
(1946)
Crew
(1983)
(1968)
Uptight
Writer