Ruby Dee
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).
Filmography
The Great Adventure
1963 · 10.0
Zora is My Name!
1990 · 10.0
Easy to Get
1947 · 9.0
Deadlock
1969 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Fight Never Ends
1948 · 8.0
The Stand
1994 · 8.0
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973 · 8.0
That Man of Mine
1946 · 8.0
Do the Right Thing
1989 · 7.8
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · 7.7
St. Louis Blues
1958 · 7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
American Gangster
2007 · 7.6
The Golden Girls
1985 · 7.6
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · 7.5
Middle Ages
1992 · 7.5
Lincoln
1988 · 7.5
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · 7.5
China Beach
1988 · 7.4
The Incident
1967 · 7.4
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · 7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · 7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013 · 7.2
Edge of the City
1957 · 7.1
What a Guy
1948 · 7.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · 7.0
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · 7.0
Countdown at Kusini
1976 · 7.0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 · 7.0
Jazztime Tale
1991 · 7.0
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998 · 7.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9
Color Adjustment
1992 · 6.9
No Way Out
1950 · 6.9
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · 6.9
The Stand
1994 · 6.8
Little Bill
1999 · 6.8
Uptight
1968 · 6.8
The Tall Target
1951 · 6.8
Black Girl
1972 · 6.8
The Wall
1998 · 6.8
The Way Back Home
2006 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
American Experience
1988 · 6.5
Police Woman
1974 · 6.5
All God's Children
1980 · 6.5
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · 6.5
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 · 6.5
Jungle Fever
1991 · 6.4
A Storm in Summer
2000 · 6.4
The Defenders
1961 · 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Just Cause
1995 · 6.3
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · 6.3
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · 6.3
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · 6.3
Virgin Island
1959 · 6.3
No. 2
2006 · 6.2
A Thousand Words
2012 · 6.1
Video Girl
2011 · 6.1
Cat People
1982 · 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0
Whitewash
1994 · 6.0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996 · 6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · 6.0
The Sheriff
1971 · 6.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982 · 6.0
Passing Glory
1999 · 6.0
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · 5.8
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · 5.7
A Simple Wish
1997 · 5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · 5.5
Go Man Go
1954 · 5.4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · 5.3
Take a Giant Step
1959 · 5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · 5.2
The Balcony
1963 · 5.2
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996 · 5.1
Love at Large
1990 · 4.9
Feast of All Saints
2001 · 4.8
Cop & ½
1993 · 4.6
All About Us
2007 · 4.4
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · 4.3
Baby Geniuses
1999 · 4.1
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · 4.0
America
2009 · 3.5
Politics of Love
2011 · 3.3
Steam
2007 · 3.1
After Goodbye
1993 · 0.0
On Merit
1972 · 0.0
Neighbours
1966 · 0.0
Baby of the Family
— · 0.0
Love in Exile
2026 · 0.0
Love in Syncopation
1946 · 0.0