Ruby Dee
Born: 1922-10-27 · Cleveland, Ohio, USADied: 2014-06-11
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
2018
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013
7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
6.1
A Thousand Words
2012
6.2
Video Girl
2011
3.3
Politics of Love
2011
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
3.5
America
2009
2.8
Steam
2007
7.6
American Gangster
2007
4.4
All About Us
2007
4.4
All About Us
2007
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
7.0
Discovering William Greaves
2006
6.7
The Way Back Home
2006
6.5
No. 2
2006
7.5
Iconoclasts
2005
5.7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
4.0
Taking Back Our Town
2001
4.8
Feast of All Saints
2001
7.0
Finding Buck McHenry
2000