Ruby Dee
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).
Fotos
Películas (96)
Love in Exile
2026
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Self
A Thousand Words
2012 · Annie McCall
Video Girl
2011 · Valerie
Politics of Love
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · Miss Candy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · Narrator (voice)
America
2009 · Mrs. Harper
Steam
2007 · Doris
American Gangster
2007 · Mama Lucas
All About Us
2007 · Ms. Ella
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Herself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Self
The Way Back Home
2006 · Maude
No. 2
2006 · Nanna Maria
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · Nanny
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Self
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · Emelda West
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Elsie Claviere
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer
2000 · Grandmother
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses
1999 · Margo
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
Passing Glory
1999 · Mommit Porter
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998 · Narrator
The Wall
1998 · Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Self
A Simple Wish
1997 · Hortence
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996 · Indigo
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996 · Sophia
Just Cause
1995 · Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 · Jennie
Whitewash
1994 · Grandmother (voice)
The Stand
1994
After Goodbye
1993 · Narrator
Cop & ½
1993 · Rachel
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Lydia Wilson
Color Adjustment
1992 · Narrator
Jazztime Tale
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Jungle Fever
1991 · Lucinda Purify
Decoration Day
1990 · Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Jackie's Mother
Love at Large
1990 · Corrine Dart
Zora is My Name!
1990 · Zora Neale Hurston
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989 · Self
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Mother Sister
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Mrs. Grimes
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
1983 · Vocals
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982 · Mary Tyrone
Cat People
1982 · Female
All God's Children
1980 · Irene Whitfield
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Grandmother Baxter
Countdown at Kusini
1976 · Leah Matanzima
Wedding Band
1974 · Julia Augustine
It's Good to Be Alive
1974 · Ruth Campanella
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973 · Dr. Bianca Pearson
Black Girl
1972 · Netta's mother
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Ruth
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
On Merit
1972 · Narrator (voice)
The Sheriff
1971 · Sue Ann Lucas
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Deadlock
1969 · Lucinda
Uptight
1968 · Laurie, Writer
The Incident
1967 · Joan Robinson
Now is the Time
1967 · Self
Neighbours
1966 · Vicky Kingsbury
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony
1963 · Thief
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Ruth Younger
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Christine
Virgin Island
1959 · Ruth
St. Louis Blues
1958 · Elizabeth
Edge of the City
1957 · Lucy Tyler
Go Man Go
1954 · Irma Jackson
The Tall Target
1951 · Rachel
No Way Out
1950 · Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Rae Robinson
The Fight Never Ends
1948
What a Guy
1948
Easy to Get
1947 · Drugstore Girl
Love in Syncopation
1946
That Man of Mine
1946 · Joan
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
· Self
Baby of the Family
Series (29)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Iconoclasts
2005 · Self
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · Narrator
CSI: Las Vegas
2000 · Mary Wilson
Little Bill
1999
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998 · Herself - Narrator
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Grandma (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · LaBelle Springbelt
The Stand
1994 · Mother Abagail Freemantle
Middle Ages
1992 · Estelle Williams
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
China Beach
1988
Lincoln
1988 · Elizabeth Keckley
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Golden Girls
1985 · Mammy Watkins
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Faye Williams
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Mrs. Grimes, Zora Neale Hurston, Writer
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Queen Haley
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Police Woman
1974
Great Performances
1971 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Great Adventure
1963 · Harriet Tubman
The Fugitive
1963 · Laura Smith
The Defenders
1961 · Catherine Collins
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Vicky Kingsbury
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Rowena Finch