Actor
Ruby Dee
104 years · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · 85 films
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).
Best known for
Filmography 85
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Narrator
On Philo
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Self
On Kanopy
A Thousand Words
2012 · Annie McCall
On Cinemax Amazon Channel
Video Girl
2011 · Valerie
On ALLBLK
Politics of Love
2011 · Actor
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
On Tubi TV
American Gangster
2007 · Mama Lucas
On fuboTV
All About Us
2007 · Ms. Ella
On Plex
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Herself
On Plex
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Self
The Way Back Home
2006 · Maude
On Plex
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)
On Plex
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Actor
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Self
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · Emelda West
On Tubi TV
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Elsie Claviere