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).
92 movies · 29 shows
Love in Exile
2026·0.0
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018·0.0
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014·1.5
Betty and Coretta
2013·7.2
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013·10.0
A Thousand Words
2012·6.1
Video Girl
2011·6.1
Politics of Love
2011·3.3
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011·5.5
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009·7.3
America
2009·3.5
Steam
2007·2.8
American Gangster
2007·7.6
All About Us
2007·4.4
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007·6.5
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007·0.0
Discovering William Greaves
2006·7.0
The Way Back Home
2006·6.7
No. 2
2006·6.5
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005·5.7
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004·0.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004·5.3
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003·5.2
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002·0.0
Taking Back Our Town
2001·4.0
Feast of All Saints
2001·4.8
Finding Buck McHenry
2000·7.0
A Storm in Summer
2000·6.4
The Unfinished Journey
1999·6.5
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999·7.3
Baby Geniuses
1999·4.1
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999·8.0
Passing Glory
1999·6.0
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998·7.0
The Wall
1998·6.8
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998·9.0
A Simple Wish
1997·5.5
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997·9.0
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996·5.1
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996·6.0
Just Cause
1995·6.3
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995·6.5
Whitewash
1994·6.0
After Goodbye
1993·0.0
Cop & ½
1993·4.6
The Ernest Green Story
1993·7.1
Color Adjustment
1992·6.9
Jazztime Tale
1991·7.0
Jungle Fever
1991·6.4
Decoration Day
1990·6.9
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990·7.2
Love at Large
1990·5.0
Zora is My Name!
1990·10.0
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989·6.9
Do the Right Thing
1989·7.8
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984·6.3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982·6.0
Cat People
1982·6.0
All God's Children
1980·6.5
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980·7.0
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979·4.3
Countdown at Kusini
1976·7.0
Wedding Band
1974·0.0
It's Good to Be Alive
1974·7.3
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973·8.0
Black Girl
1972·6.8
Buck and the Preacher
1972·6.3
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972·7.0
On Merit
1972·0.0
The Sheriff
1971·6.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·7.3
Deadlock
1969·9.0
Uptight
1968·6.8
The Incident
1967·7.4
Now is the Time
1967·0.0
Neighbours
1966·0.0
Gone Are the Days!
1963·7.5
The Balcony
1963·5.2
A Raisin in the Sun
1961·7.7
Take a Giant Step
1959·5.2
Virgin Island
1959·6.3
St. Louis Blues
1958·7.7
Edge of the City
1957·7.2
Go Man Go
1954·5.4
The Tall Target
1951·6.9
No Way Out
1950·6.9
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950·6.3
The Fight Never Ends
1948·8.0
What a Guy
1948·7.0
Easy to Get
1947·9.0
Love in Syncopation
1946·0.0
That Man of Mine
1946·8.0