Ruby Dee
Actor · Writer · ComposerRuby 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).
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FILMOGRAPHY
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- Love in Exile
Love in Exile
2026
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
Self
Betty and Coretta
2013
Narrator
A Thousand Words
2012
Annie McCall
Politics of Love
2011
Video Girl
2011
Valerie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
Miss Candy
America
2009
Mrs. Harper
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
Narrator (voice)
American Gangster
2007
Mama Lucas
Steam
2007
Doris
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
Herself
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Self
All About Us
2007
Ms. Ella
No. 2
2006
Nanna Maria
Discovering William Greaves
2006
Self
The Way Back Home
2006
Maude
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
Feast of All Saints
2001
Elsie Claviere
Taking Back Our Town
2001
Emelda West
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer
2000
Grandmother
Passing Glory
1999
Mommit Porter
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses
1999
Margo
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Narrator (voice)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Self
The Wall
1998
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
- A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998
Narrator
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)
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996
Sophia
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
Indigo
Just Cause
1995
Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
Jennie
Whitewash
1994
Grandmother (voice)
Cop & ½
1993
Rachel
After Goodbye
1993
Narrator
The Ernest Green Story
1993
Lydia Wilson
Color Adjustment
1992
Narrator
Jungle Fever
1991
Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale
1991
Narrator (voice)
Love at Large
1990
Corrine Dart
Decoration Day
1990
Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Jackie's Mother
Zora is My Name!
1990
Zora Neale Hurston
Do the Right Thing
1989
Mother Sister
- Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
Self
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
Mrs. Grimes
Cat People
1982
Female
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982
Mary Tyrone
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
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
Ruth Campanella
Wedding Band
1974
Julia Augustine
- Chelsea D.H.O.
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973
Dr. Bianca Pearson
Buck and the Preacher
1972
Ruth
Black Girl
1972
Netta's mother
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
- On Merit
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
The Incident
1967
Joan Robinson
- Now is the Time
Now is the Time
1967
Self
- Neighbours
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
Virgin Island
1959
Ruth
Take a Giant Step
1959
Christine
St. Louis Blues
1958
Elizabeth
Edge of the City
1957
Lucy Tyler
Go Man Go
1954
Irma Jackson
The Tall Target
1951
Rachel
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
Rae Robinson
No Way Out
1950
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Fight Never Ends
1948
What a Guy
1948
Easy to Get
1947
Drugstore Girl
That Man of Mine
1946
Joan
Love in Syncopation
1946
