Ruby Dee
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 ForActing
- Born27 October 1922 (age 103)
- Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Ruby Dee
- Known ForActing
- Born27 October 1922 (age 103)
- Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Poitier's Walter Lee
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2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
1.5
2014
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10.0
2013
Betty and Coretta
7.167
2013
A Thousand Words
6.092
2012
Politics of Love
4.5
2011
Video Girl
6.7
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
5.4
2011
America
3.5
2009
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
7.3
2009
American Gangster
7.59
2007
Steam
3.1
2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.5
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
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2007
All About Us
4.4
2007
No. 2
6.0
2006
Discovering William Greaves
7.0
2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.8
2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
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2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4.0
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
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2002
Feast of All Saints
4.6
2001
Taking Back Our Town
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2001
Finding Buck McHenry
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2000
A Storm in Summer
5.8
2000
Passing Glory
5.8
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.5
1999
Baby Geniuses
4.124
1999
The Unfinished Journey
6.0
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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1999
The Wall
5.7
1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
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1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
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1998
A Simple Wish
5.5
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
10.0
1997
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
5.6
1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.2
1996
Just Cause
6.221
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.3
1995
Whitewash
6.0
1994
The Stand
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1994
Cop & ½
4.5
1993
After Goodbye
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1993
The Ernest Green Story
6.9
1993
Color Adjustment
6.9
1992
Jungle Fever
6.393
1991
Jazztime Tale
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1991
Love at Large
4.8
1990
Decoration Day
7.3
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
8.0
1990
Zora is My Name!
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1990
Do the Right Thing
7.7
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.714
1989
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6.0
1985
Cat People
6.052
1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
6.0
1982
All God's Children
4.0
1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
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1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4.2
1979
Countdown at Kusini
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1976
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
1974
Wedding Band
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1974
Buck and the Preacher
6.2
1972
Black Girl
7.0
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5.0
1972
On Merit
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1972
The Sheriff
6.0
1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3
1970
Deadlock
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1969
Uptight
6.5
1968
The Incident
7.3
1967
Neighbours
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1966
Gone Are the Days!
6.7
1963
The Balcony
5.2
1963
A Raisin in the Sun
7.66
1961
Virgin Island
5.0
1959
Take a Giant Step
5.2
1959
St. Louis Blues
7.8
1958
Edge of the City
7.1
1957
Go Man Go
5.7
1954
The Tall Target
6.8
1951
The Jackie Robinson Story
6.4
1950
No Way Out
6.911
1950
The Fight Never Ends
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1948
What a Guy
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1948
Easy to Get
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1947
That Man of Mine
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1946
Love in Syncopation
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