Ruby Dee
Born: 1922-10-27
• 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).
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Betty and Coretta
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Thousand Words
Video Girl
Politics of Love
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
America
Steam
American Gangster
All About Us
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
No Image
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Discovering William Greaves
The Way Back Home
No. 2
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Taking Back Our Town
Feast of All Saints
Finding Buck McHenry
A Storm in Summer
The Unfinished Journey
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Baby Geniuses
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Passing Glory
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A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
The Wall
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
A Simple Wish
Sports on the Silver Screen
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Just Cause
Tuesday Morning Ride
Whitewash
After Goodbye
Cop & ½
The Ernest Green Story
Color Adjustment
Jazztime Tale
Jungle Fever
Decoration Day
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Love at Large
Zora is My Name!
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Do the Right Thing
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Cat People
All God's Children
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Countdown at Kusini
Wedding Band
It's Good to Be Alive
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Chelsea D.H.O.
Black Girl
Buck and the Preacher
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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On Merit
The Sheriff
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Deadlock
Uptight
The Incident
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Now is the Time
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Neighbours
Gone Are the Days!
The Balcony
A Raisin in the Sun
Take a Giant Step
Virgin Island
St. Louis Blues
Edge of the City
Go Man Go
The Tall Target
No Way Out
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Fight Never Ends
What a Guy
Easy to Get
Love in Syncopation
That Man of Mine