Acting
Ruby Dee
Born 1922-10-27 · 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
Love in Exile
2026
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Self
A Thousand Words
2012 · Annie McCall
Video Girl
2011 · Valerie
Politics of Love
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · Miss Candy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · Narrator (voice)
America
2009 · Mrs. Harper
Steam
2007 · Doris
American Gangster
2007 · Mama Lucas
All About Us
2007 · Ms. Ella
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Herself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 · Self
The Way Back Home
2006 · Maude
No. 2
2006 · Nanna Maria
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · Nanny
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Self
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · Emelda West
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Elsie Claviere
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer
2000 · Grandmother
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses
1999 · Margo
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
