Cast
Ruby Dee
Acting
Cast
Ruby Dee
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-10-27
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
2014-06-11
Also known as Ruby Ann Wallace
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).
★7.6
MOVIE2007
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
★6.1
MOVIE2012
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Cat People
as Female
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
★5.5
MOVIE1997
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
★6.5
MOVIE2006
No. 2
as Nanna Maria
★4.1
MOVIE1999
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
★6.8
MOVIE1968
Uptight
as Laurie
★4.8
MOVIE2001
Feast of All Saints
as Elsie Claviere
MOVIE1966
Neighbours
as Vicky Kingsbury
★4.6
MOVIE1993
Cop & ½
as Rachel
★7.4
MOVIE1967
The Incident
as Joan Robinson
★3.5
MOVIE2009
America
as Mrs. Harper
★7.7
MOVIE1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
★5.0
MOVIE1990
Love at Large
as Corrine Dart
★6.9
MOVIE1950
No Way Out
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1990
Decoration Day
as Rowena
★7.1
MOVIE1993
The Ernest Green Story
as Lydia Wilson
★6.1
MOVIE2011
Video Girl
as Valerie
★7.3
MOVIE1974
It's Good to Be Alive
as Ruth Campanella
★7.3
MOVIE1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1972
On Merit
as Narrator (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1951
The Tall Target
as Rachel
★7.5
MOVIE1963
Gone Are the Days!
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
★6.5
MOVIE1999
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1957
Edge of the City
as Lucy Tyler
★2.8
MOVIE2007
Steam
as Doris
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Mrs. Grimes
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Whitewash
as Grandmother (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Betty and Coretta
as Narrator
★5.2
MOVIE1963
The Balcony
as Thief
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Chelsea D.H.O.
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
MOVIE1993
After Goodbye
as Narrator
★7.7
MOVIE1958
St. Louis Blues
as Elizabeth
★5.1
MOVIE1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Indigo
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
as Sophia
★3.3
MOVIE2011
Politics of Love
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Finding Buck McHenry
as Mrs. Henry
★6.3
MOVIE1972
Buck and the Preacher
as Ruth
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Nanny
★5.5
MOVIE2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy
★9.0
MOVIE1947
Easy to Get
as Drugstore Girl
★6.3
MOVIE1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Rae Robinson
★6.7
MOVIE2006
The Way Back Home
as Maude
★6.8
MOVIE1972
Black Girl
as Netta's mother
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Zora is My Name!
as Zora Neale Hurston
★8.0
MOVIE1948
The Fight Never Ends
★4.4
MOVIE2007
All About Us
as Ms. Ella
MOVIE2026
Love in Exile
MOVIE1946
Love in Syncopation
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Color Adjustment
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE1959
Virgin Island
as Ruth
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jennie
★4.0
MOVIE2001
Taking Back Our Town
as Emelda West
★9.0
MOVIE1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE2000
A Storm in Summer
as Grandmother
★7.0
MOVIE1948
What a Guy
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
MOVIE2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother
★6.5
MOVIE1980
All God's Children
as Irene Whitfield
MOVIE2002
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1971
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas
★8.0
MOVIE1946
That Man of Mine
as Joan
★7.3
MOVIE2009
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
as Narrator (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1954
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson
★5.2
MOVIE1959
Take a Giant Step
as Christine
★9.0
MOVIE1969
Deadlock
as Lucinda
★6.8
MOVIE1998
The Wall
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
★4.3
MOVIE1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Grandmother Baxter
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Passing Glory
as Mommit Porter
MOVIE1967
Now is the Time
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
MOVIE2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Mary Tyrone
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
★1.5
MOVIE2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1976
Countdown at Kusini
as Leah Matanzima
★7.0
MOVIE1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
as Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Jazztime Tale
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1974
Wedding Band
as Julia Augustine
★6.5
MOVIE2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
as Herself