Ruby Dee
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
Acting
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthday
10/27/1922
Do the Right Thing
7.8
Jungle Fever
6.4
American Gangster
7.6
America
3.5
Cat People
6.1
Love at Large
4.8
Just Cause
6.2
Cop and ½
4.5
Buck and the Preacher
6.1
No. 2
6
The Tall Target
6.9
Edge of the City
7.1
A Raisin in the Sun
7.6
The Jackie Robinson Story
6.4
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.5
The Incident
7.3
A Simple Wish
5.5
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
Politics of Love
4.5
Feast of All Saints
5.2
Black Girl
7
Video Girl
7.1
Decoration Day
7.3
Uptight
5.9
Finding Buck McHenry
0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
5.6
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
A Storm in Summer
5.8
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10
Betty and Coretta
7.2
Steam
3.1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3.7
Take a Giant Step
5.2
Virgin Island
5
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.3
Gone Are the Days!
6.5
Passing Glory
5.8
Countdown at Kusini
0
Whitewash
6
Taking Back Our Town
0
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
8
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
0
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.5
No Way Out
6.9
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.2
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7
Wedding Band
0
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
6.1
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.7
All God's Children
0
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.5
Go Tell It on the Mountain
5
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
0
The Ernest Green Story
6.9
A Thousand Words
6.1
Zora is My Name!
0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4
St. Louis Blues
7.8
The Balcony
5.3
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
0
Go Man Go
5.7
Color Adjustment
6.9
Discovering William Greaves
0
Baby Geniuses
4.1
Poitier's Walter Lee
0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5
The Sheriff
6
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
1.5
On Merit
0
The Unfinished Journey
6
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
0
All About Us
2.9
Easy to Get
0
Jazztime Tale
0
Sports on the Silver Screen
10
That Man of Mine
0
Deadlock
0
The Wall
5.7
After Goodbye
0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
0
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
7.3
The Stand
0
Neighbours
0