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