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