Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

27/10/1922

Day of Death

11/06/2014
(92) years old

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Betty and Coretta

as Narrator

2012

A Thousand Words

as Annie McCall

2011

Video Girl

as Valerie

2009

America

as Mrs. Harper

2007

Steam

as Doris

2007

American Gangster

as Mama Lucas

2007

All About Us

as Ms. Ella

2006

No. 2

as Nanna Maria

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as (archive footage)

2001

Taking Back Our Town

as Emelda West

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Elsie Claviere

2000

Finding Buck McHenry

as Mrs. Henry

2000

A Storm in Summer

as Grandmother

1999

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' Firs...

as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

1999

Baby Geniuses

as Margo

1999

Passing Glory

as Mommit Porter

1998

The Wall

as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

1997

A Simple Wish

as Hortence

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

as Sophia

1995

Just Cause

as Evangeline Ferguson

1994

Whitewash

as Grandmother (voice)

1994

The Stand

as Mother Abagail Freemantle

1993

After Goodbye

as Narrator

1993

Cop & ½

as Rachel

1993

The Ernest Green Story

as Lydia Wilson

1992

Color Adjustment

as Narrator

1991

Jazztime Tale

as Narrator (voice)

1991

Jungle Fever

as Lucinda Purify

1990

Decoration Day

as Rowena

1990

Love at Large

as Corrine Dart

1990

Zora is My Name!

as Zora Neale Hurston

1989

Do the Right Thing

as Mother Sister

1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Mrs. Grimes

1982

Cat People

as Female

1980

All God's Children

as Irene Whitfield

1979

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as Grandmother Baxter

1976

Countdown at Kusini

as Leah Matanzima

1974

Wedding Band

as Julia Augustine

1974

It's Good to Be Alive

as Ruth Campanella

1972

Black Girl

as Netta's mother

1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted ch...

1972

On Merit

as Narrator (voice)

1971

The Sheriff

as Sue Ann Lucas

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to M...

as Self (archive footage)

1969

Deadlock

as Lucinda

1968

Uptight

as Laurie

1967

The Incident

as Joan Robinson

1966

Neighbours

as Vicky Kingsbury

1963

Gone Are the Days!

as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

1963

The Balcony

as Thief

1961

A Raisin in the Sun

as Ruth Younger

1959

Take a Giant Step

as Christine

1959

Virgin Island

as Ruth

1958

St. Louis Blues

as Elizabeth

1957

Edge of the City

as Lucy Tyler

1954

Go Man Go

as Irma Jackson

1951

The Tall Target

as Rachel

1950

No Way Out

as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

as Rae Robinson

1947

Easy to Get

as Drugstore Girl

1946

That Man of Mine

as Joan