Ruby Dee
Acting
Born 1922-10-27 · 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).
Known for
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Movie
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Movie
The Incident
1967 · Movie
Edge of the City
1957 · Movie
No Way Out
1950 · Movie
The Tall Target
1951 · Movie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
St. Louis Blues
1958 · Movie
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Movie
Color Adjustment
1992 · Movie
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Movie
Uptight
1968 · Movie
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Movie
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · Movie
It's Good to Be Alive
1974 · Movie
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Movie
Decoration Day
1990 · Movie
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Movie
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Movie
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Movie
Black Girl
1972 · Movie
The Way Back Home
2006 · Movie
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Movie
Easy to Get
1947 · Movie
Deadlock
1969 · Movie
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · Movie
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Movie
The Fight Never Ends
1948 · Movie
That Man of Mine
1946 · Movie
The Wall
1998 · Movie
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · Movie
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Movie
What a Guy
1948 · Movie
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 · Movie
Countdown at Kusini
1976 · Movie
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Movie
Jazztime Tale
1991 · Movie
No. 2
2006 · Movie
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Movie
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 · Movie
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Movie
All God's Children
1980 · Movie
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Movie
After Goodbye
1993 · Movie
Love in Syncopation
1946 · Movie
Wedding Band
1974 · Movie
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Movie
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Movie
A Storm in Summer
2000 · Movie
Virgin Island
1959 · Movie
Whitewash
1994 · Movie
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982 · Movie
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Movie
Jungle Fever
1991 · Movie
Passing Glory
1999 · Movie
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Movie
The Sheriff
1971 · Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996 · Movie
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie