Acting
Ruby Dee
Oct 27, 1922 (died Jun 11, 2014, aged 91) Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson
7.6
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
7.8
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
7.6
The Golden Girls
Mammy Watkins
7.2
Touched by an Angel
LaBelle Springbelt
6.1
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
6.8
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
7.3
The Fugitive
Laura Smith
6.0
Cat People
Female
6.4
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
6.3
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
7.1
The Oscars
Self
6.5
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
6.1
Great Performances
Self
4.1
Baby Geniuses
Margo
Filmography
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013 · Narrator
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · Self
6.1
A Thousand Words
2012 · Annie McCall
6.1
Video Girl
2011 · Valerie
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · Miss Candy
3.3
Politics of Love
2011
3.5
America
2009 · Mrs. Harper
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · Narrator (voice)
7.6
American Gangster
2007 · Mama Lucas
4.4
All About Us
2007 · Ms. Ella
2.5
Steam
2007 · Doris
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Herself
6.7
The Way Back Home
2006 · Maude
6.2
No. 2
2006 · Nanna Maria
5.7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 · Nanny
7.5
Iconoclasts
2005 · Self
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · Narrator
4.8
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Elsie Claviere
4.0
Taking Back Our Town
2001 · Emelda West
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Mary Wilson
6.4
A Storm in Summer
2000 · Grandmother
7.0
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Mrs. Henry
4.1
Baby Geniuses
1999 · Margo
6.8
Little Bill
1999
7.3
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
6.0
Passing Glory
1999 · Mommit Porter