Ruby Dee
ActingBorn
October 27, 1922
Died
June 11, 2014
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
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
2007
Discovering William Greaves
2006
The Way Back Home
2006
No. 2
2006
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
Taking Back Our Town
2001
Feast of All Saints
2001
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
A Storm in Summer
2000
The Unfinished Journey
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
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
Just Cause
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
Whitewash
1994
After Goodbye
1993
Cop & ½
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
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'
1989
Do the Right Thing
1989
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
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
Countdown at Kusini
1976
Wedding Band
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973
Black Girl
1972
Buck and the Preacher
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
On Merit
1972
The Sheriff
1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Deadlock
1969
Uptight
1968
The Incident
1967
Now is the Time
1967
Neighbours
1966
Gone Are the Days!
1963
The Balcony
1963
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Take a Giant Step
1959
Virgin Island
1959
St. Louis Blues
1958
Edge of the City
1957
Go Man Go
1954
The Tall Target
1951
No Way Out
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
The Fight Never Ends
1948
What a Guy
1948
Easy to Get
1947
Love in Syncopation
1946
That Man of Mine
1946
Hollywood Black
2024
Iconoclasts
2005
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Little Bill
1999
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Stand
1994
Middle Ages
1992
American Experience
1988
China Beach
1988
Lincoln
1988
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Reading Rainbow
1983
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Police Woman
1974
Great Performances
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Great Adventure
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Defenders
1961
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Oscars
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951