
Ruby Dee
Born: 1922-10-27
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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

American Gangster
2007★ 7.6

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996★ 3.8

Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982★ 6.0

The Incident
1967★ 7.4

The Balcony
1963★ 5.0

Do the Right Thing
1989★ 7.8

Uptight
1968★ 6.6

Video Girl
2011★ 6.2

A Thousand Words
2012★ 6.1

Cat People
1982★ 6.0

Tuesday Morning Ride
1995★ 6.3

Wedding Band
1974★ 0.0

No. 2
2006★ 6.0

The Wall
1998★ 5.7

Passing Glory
1999★ 5.8

Baby Geniuses
1999★ 4.1

Decoration Day
1990★ 6.9

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011★ 5.5

Steam
2007★ 2.8

Jungle Fever
1991★ 6.4

Deadlock
1969★ 0.0

Just Cause
1995★ 6.3

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009★ 7.3

The Way Back Home
2006★ 6.5

A Simple Wish
1997★ 5.5

Gone Are the Days!
1963★ 6.7

Edge of the City
1957★ 7.1

America
2009★ 3.5

Cop & ½
1993★ 4.5

A Raisin in the Sun
1961★ 7.7

Buck and the Preacher
1972★ 6.3

Color Adjustment
1992★ 6.9

Whitewash
1994★ 6.0

Politics of Love
2011★ 3.3

St. Louis Blues
1958★ 7.6

Love at Large
1990★ 4.8

The Jackie Robinson Story
1950★ 6.3

Taking Back Our Town
2001★ 1.0

All About Us
2007★ 4.4

The Fight Never Ends
1948★ 0.0

The Tall Target
1951★ 6.8

Feast of All Saints
2001★ 4.4

After Goodbye
1993★ 0.0

No Way Out
1950★ 6.9

Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005★ 5.4

Black Girl
1972★ 6.4

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018★ 0.0

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984★ 6.4

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003★ 4.8

Betty and Coretta
2013★ 7.2

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004★ 4.0

The Unfinished Journey
1999★ 6.0

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002★ 0.0

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970★ 7.1

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972★ 5.0

Finding Buck McHenry
2000★ 0.0

All God's Children
1980★ 4.0

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013★ 10.0

The Sheriff
1971★ 5.3

Virgin Island
1959★ 5.0

Jazztime Tale
1991★ 0.0

The Ernest Green Story
1993★ 6.9

It's Good to Be Alive
1974★ 6.6

Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996★ 5.6

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997★ 10.0

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999★ 7.5

Countdown at Kusini
1976★ 0.0

What a Guy
1948★ 0.0

A Storm in Summer
2000★ 5.8

Take a Giant Step
1959★ 4.9

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979★ 4.0

That Man of Mine
1946★ 0.0

Go Man Go
1954★ 5.7

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014★ 1.5

Easy to Get
1947★ 0.0

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990★ 7.0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999★ 0.0

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004★ 0.0

Zora is My Name!
1990★ 0.0

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998★ 0.0

Discovering William Greaves
2006★ 7.0

Love in Syncopation
1946★ 0.0

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007★ 6.5

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980★ 0.0