Ruby Dee
Acting
Born 1922-10-27 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Died 2014-06-11
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).
Acting
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Betty and Coretta
Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
Video Girl
Valerie
Politics of Love
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)
America
Mrs. Harper
Steam
Doris
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
All About Us
Ms. Ella
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Discovering William Greaves
Self
The Way Back Home
Maude
No. 2
Nanna Maria
Iconoclasts
Self
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry
