Ruby Dee
Born October 27, 1922 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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).
Movies
American Gangster
A Thousand Words
Do the Right Thing
Cat People
Just Cause
Jungle Fever
Baby Geniuses
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Feast of All Saints
No. 2
A Simple Wish
Buck and the Preacher
The Incident
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Cop & ½
No Way Out
Video Girl
Sports on the Silver Screen
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Uptight
A Raisin in the Sun
Color Adjustment
TV Shows
The Dick Cavett Show
The Golden Girls
Touched by an Angel
American Playhouse
The Defenders
The Oscars
Police Woman
Reading Rainbow
The Kennedy Center Honors
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
China Beach
Spenser: For Hire
The Stand
The Great Adventure
Iconoclasts
Little Bill
Roots: The Next Generations
Hollywood Black
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Atlanta Child Murders
Armchair Theatre
Middle Ages
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
More Movies
It's Good to Be Alive
Gone Are the Days!
The Unfinished Journey
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
America
Betty and Coretta
Edge of the City
The Ernest Green Story
Politics of Love
Love at Large
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Sheriff
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Tuesday Morning Ride
Taking Back Our Town
Whitewash
The Tall Target
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Easy to Get
The Jackie Robinson Story
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Zora is My Name!
Decoration Day
St. Louis Blues
A Storm in Summer
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Go Man Go
Finding Buck McHenry
Steam
The Balcony
All About Us
That Man of Mine
Deadlock
Passing Glory
The Way Back Home
All God's Children
Virgin Island
The Fight Never Ends
Black Girl
After Goodbye
Countdown at Kusini
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
What a Guy
Take a Giant Step
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Love in Syncopation
The Wall
Poitier's Walter Lee
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Wedding Band
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Discovering William Greaves
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Jazztime Tale
