Ruby Dee
October 27, 1922 (103 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2018 · Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
- 2013 · Betty and Coretta as Narrator
- 2013 · Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- 2012 · A Thousand Words as Annie McCall
- 2011 · Video Girl as Valerie
- 2011 · Politics of Love as
- 2011 · The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Miss Candy
- 2009 · A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · America as Mrs. Harper
- 2007 · Steam as Doris
- 2007 · American Gangster as Mama Lucas
- 2007 · All About Us as Ms. Ella
- 2007 · In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema as Herself
- 2007 · Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self
- 2006 · Discovering William Greaves as Self
- 2006 · The Way Back Home as Maude
- 2006 · No. 2 as Nanna Maria
- 2005 · Iconoclasts as Self
- 2005 · Their Eyes Were Watching God as Nanny
- 2004 · Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 2004 · TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage)
- 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
- 2002 · Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self
- 2002 · Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
- 2001 · Taking Back Our Town as Emelda West
- 2001 · Feast of All Saints as Elsie Claviere
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mary Wilson
- 2000 · Finding Buck McHenry as Mrs. Henry
- 2000 · A Storm in Summer as Grandmother
- 1999 · The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Little Bill as
- 1999 · Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
- 1999 · Baby Geniuses as Margo
- 1999 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1999 · Passing Glory as Mommit Porter
- 1998 · A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner as Narrator
- 1998 · Christianity: The First 1000 Years as Herself - Narrator
- 1998 · The Wall as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
- 1998 · Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1997 · A Simple Wish as Hortence
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Captive Heart: The James Mink Story as Indigo
- 1996 · Mr. and Mrs. Loving as Sophia
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Grandma (voice)
- 1995 · Just Cause as Evangeline Ferguson
- 1995 · Tuesday Morning Ride as Jennie
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as LaBelle Springbelt
- 1994 · Whitewash as Grandmother (voice)
- 1994 · The Stand as Mother Abagail Freemantle
- 1993 · After Goodbye as Narrator
- 1993 · Cop & ½ as Rachel
- 1993 · The Ernest Green Story as Lydia Wilson
- 1992 · Middle Ages as Estelle Williams
- 1992 · Color Adjustment as Narrator
- 1991 · Jazztime Tale as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Jungle Fever as Lucinda Purify
- 1990 · Decoration Day as Rowena
- 1990 · The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson as Jackie's Mother
- 1990 · Love at Large as Corrine Dart
- 1990 · Zora is My Name! as Zora Neale Hurston