Ruby Dee

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 93

Gender Female

Birthday 1922-10-27

Day of Death 2014-06-11 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Ruby Dee

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Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 - 11 June, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best-known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961).

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Known For

Acting

2018

2014

as Self

2013		Betty and Coretta as Narrator
2013		Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self

2012

as Annie McCall

2011		Video Girl as Valerie
2011		Politics of Love
2011		The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Miss Candy

2009

as Mrs. Harper

2007		Steam as Doris
2007		American Gangster as Mama Lucas
2007		In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema as Herself
2007		Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self

2006		Discovering William Greaves as Herself
2006		No. 2 as Nanna Maria

2005		Iconoclasts (1 episode)
2005		Their Eyes Were Watching God as Nanny

2004

2003		Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Herself
2003		Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2002

as Interviewee

2001		Taking Back Our Town as Emelda West
2001		Feast of All Saints as Elsie Claviere

2000		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode) as Mary Wilson
2000		Finding Buck McHenry as Mrs. Henry
2000		A Storm in Summer as Grandmother

1999		The Unfinished Journey
1999		Little Bill (47 episodes)
1999		Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1999		Baby Geniuses as Margo
1999		Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
1999		Passing Glory as Mommit Porter

1998		A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner as Narrator
1998		Christianity: The First 1000 Years (4 episodes) as Herself - Narrator

1997

as Hortence

1996		Captive Heart: The James Mink Story as Indigo
1996		Mr. and Mrs. Loving as Sophia

1995		Just Cause as Evangeline Ferguson
1995		Tuesday Morning Ride

1994		Whitewash as Grandmother (voice)
1994		The Stand (4 episodes) as Mother Abagail

1993		Cop and ½ as Rachel
1993		The Ernest Green Story as Mrs. Lydia Wilson

1992		Middle Ages (6 episodes) as Estelle Williams
1992		Color Adjustment as Narrator

1991

as Lucinda Purify

1990		Decoration Day as Rowena
1990		The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Jackie's Mother
1990		Love at Large as Corrine Dart
1990		Zora is My Name! as Zora Neale Hurston

1989		Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Herself
1989		Do the Right Thing as Mother Sister

1988		American Experience (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1988		China Beach (1 episode)
1988		Lincoln (2 episodes) as Elizabeth Keckley

1985		Spenser: For Hire (1 episode)
1985		The Golden Girls (1 episode) as Mammy Watkins
1985		The Atlanta Child Murders (2 episodes) as Faye Williams

1984

as Mrs. Grimes

1982

as Female

1980

as Irene Whitfield

1979		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Grandmother Baker
1979		Roots: The Next Generations (7 episodes) as la reine Victoria Haley

1978

(1 episode)

1976

as Leah Matanzima

1974		Police Woman (1 episode)
1974		Wedding Band as Julia Augustine
1974		It's Good to Be Alive as Ruth Campanella

1972		Black Girl as Netta's mother
1972		Buck and the Preacher as Ruth
1972		To Be Young, Gifted and Black as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1972		On Merit as Narrator (voice)

1971		The Sheriff as Sue Ann Lucas
1971		Great Performances (2 episodes) as self

1970

as Self

1969

as Lucinda

1968		Uptight as Laurie
1968		The Dick Cavett Show (1 episode) as Herself - Guest

1967

as Joan Robinson

1963		The Great Adventure (1 episode)
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode)
1963		Gone Are the Days! as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1963		The Balcony as Thief

1961

as Ruth Younger

1959		Take a Giant Step as Christine
1959		Virgin Island as Ruth

1958

as Elizabeth

1957

as Lucy Tyler

1954

as Irma Jackson

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode)
1951		The Tall Target as Rachel

1950		No Way Out as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1950		The Jackie Robinson Story as Rae Robinson

Writing

1968

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