Filmography

Ruby Dee

60 titles

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
7.2
Betty and Coretta
2013
as Narrator
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
6.1
A Thousand Words
2012
as Annie McCall
6.2
Video Girl
2011
as Valerie
3.3
Politics of Love
2011
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Miss Candy
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009
as Narrator (voice)
3.5
America
2009
as Mrs. Harper
2.8
Steam
2007
as Doris
7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Mama Lucas
4.4
All About Us
2007
as Ms. Ella
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
as Herself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
NO IMG
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
7.0
Discovering William Greaves
2006
as Self
6.7
The Way Back Home
2006
as Maude
6.5
No. 2
2006
as Nanna Maria
7.5
Iconoclasts
2005
as Self
5.7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
as Nanny
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
as Self
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as (archive footage)
5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
as Self
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
as Narrator
4.0
Taking Back Our Town
2001
as Emelda West
4.8
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Elsie Claviere
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mary Wilson
7.0
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
as Mrs. Henry
6.4
A Storm in Summer
2000
as Grandmother
6.5
The Unfinished Journey
1999
as Narrator (voice)
6.9
Little Bill
1999
7.3
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
4.1
Baby Geniuses
1999
as Margo
8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
6.0
Passing Glory
1999
as Mommit Porter
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
NO IMG
7.0
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998
as Narrator
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
NO IMG
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
as Herself - Narrator
6.8
The Wall
1998
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
as Self
5.5
A Simple Wish
1997
as Hortence
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
5.1
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
as Indigo
6.0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996
as Sophia
6.3
Just Cause
1995
as Evangeline Ferguson
6.5
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
as Jennie
6.0
Whitewash
1994
as Grandmother (voice)
6.8
The Stand
1994
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
After Goodbye
1993
as Narrator
4.6
Cop & ½
1993
as Rachel
7.1
The Ernest Green Story
1993
as Lydia Wilson
7.5
Middle Ages
1992
as Estelle Williams
6.9
Color Adjustment
1992
as Narrator
7.0
Jazztime Tale
1991
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
Jungle Fever
1991
as Lucinda Purify
6.9
Decoration Day
1990
as Rowena
7.3
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Jackie's Mother
5.0
Love at Large
1990
as Corrine Dart
10.0
Zora is My Name!
1990
as Zora Neale Hurston
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
NO IMG
6.9
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self