Ruby Dee

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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

• Love in Exile (2026)
• 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)
• Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial (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)
• 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)
• Diamonds on the Silver Screen
• The Stand