Ruby Dee
Acting
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
80
Hollywood Black
2024
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Betty and Coretta
2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
A Thousand Words
2012
Video Girl
2011
Politics of Love
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
America
2009
Steam
2007
American Gangster
2007
All About Us
2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
Discovering William Greaves
2006
The Way Back Home
2006
No. 2
2006
Iconoclasts
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
Taking Back Our Town
2001
Feast of All Saints
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
A Storm in Summer
2000
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Little Bill
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
Baby Geniuses
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Passing Glory
1999
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
The Wall
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
A Simple Wish
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Just Cause
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Whitewash
1994
The Stand
1994
After Goodbye
1993
Cop & ½
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
Middle Ages
1992
Color Adjustment
1992
Jazztime Tale
1991
Jungle Fever
1991
Decoration Day
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Love at Large
1990
Zora is My Name!
1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
Do the Right Thing
1989
American Experience
1988
China Beach
1988
Lincoln
1988
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982
Cat People
1982
All God's Children
1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Countdown at Kusini
1976