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