Personal Info
Known Credits
89
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1922-10-27 (103 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known For
Ruby Ann Wallace
Ruby Dee
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
Acting
2018 --
Poitier's Walter Lee
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
| Self
2013 --
Betty and Coretta
| Narrator
2013 --
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
| Self
2012 --
A Thousand Words
| Annie McCall
2011 --
Video Girl
| Valerie
2011 --
Politics of Love
|
2011 --
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
| Miss Candy
2009 --
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
| Narrator (voice)
2009 --
America
| Mrs. Harper
2007 --
Steam
| Doris
2007 --
American Gangster
| Mama Lucas
2007 --
All About Us
| Ms. Ella
2007 --
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
| Herself
2007 --
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
| Self
2006 --
Discovering William Greaves
| Self
2006 --
No. 2
| Nanna Maria
2005 --
Their Eyes Were Watching God
| Nanny
2004 --
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
| Self
2004 --
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
| (archive footage)
2003 --
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
|
2002 --
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
| Self
2001 --
Taking Back Our Town
| Emelda West
2001 --
Feast of All Saints
| Elsie Claviere
2000 --
Finding Buck McHenry
| Mrs. Henry
2000 --
A Storm in Summer
| Grandmother
1999 --
The Unfinished Journey
| Narrator (voice)
1999 --
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
| Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1999 --
Baby Geniuses
| Margo
1999 --
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
| Self
1999 --
Passing Glory
| Mommit Porter
1998 --
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
| Narrator
1998 --
The Wall
| Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
1998 --
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
| Self
1997 --
A Simple Wish
| Hortence
1997 --
Sports on the Silver Screen
| Self (archive footage)
1996 --
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
| Indigo
1996 --
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
| Sophia
1995 --
Just Cause
| Evangeline Ferguson
1995 --
Tuesday Morning Ride
| Jennie
1994 --
Whitewash
| Grandmother (voice)
1994 --
The Stand
| Mother Abagail Freemantle
1993 --
After Goodbye
| Narrator
1993 --
Cop & ½
| Rachel
1993 --
The Ernest Green Story
| Lydia Wilson
1992 --
Color Adjustment
| Narrator
1991 --
Jazztime Tale
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
Jungle Fever
| Lucinda Purify
1990 --
Decoration Day
| Rowena
1990 --
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
| Jackie's Mother
1990 --
Love at Large
| Corrine Dart
1990 --
Zora is My Name!
| Zora Neale Hurston
1989 --
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
| Self
1989 --
Do the Right Thing
| Mother Sister
1985 --
Go Tell It on the Mountain
| Mrs. Grimes
1982 --
Long Day's Journey Into Night
| Mary Tyrone
1982 --
Cat People
| Female
1980 --
All God's Children
| Irene Whitfield
1980 --
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
|
1979 --
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| Grandmother Baxter
1976 --
Countdown at Kusini
| Leah Matanzima
1974 --
Wedding Band
| Julia Augustine
1974 --
It's Good to Be Alive
| Ruth Campanella
1972 --
Black Girl
| Netta's mother
1972 --
Buck and the Preacher
| Ruth
1972 --
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
| Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1972 --
On Merit
| Narrator (voice)
1971 --
The Sheriff
| Sue Ann Lucas
1970 --
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
| Self (archive footage)
1969 --
Deadlock
| Lucinda
1968 --
Uptight
| Laurie
1967 --
The Incident
| Joan Robinson
1966 --
Neighbours
| Vicky Kingsbury
1963 --
Gone Are the Days!
| Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1963 --
The Balcony
| Thief
1961 --
A Raisin in the Sun
| Ruth Younger
1959 --
Take a Giant Step
| Christine
1959 --
Virgin Island
| Ruth
1958 --
St. Louis Blues
| Elizabeth
1957 --
Edge of the City
| Lucy Tyler
1954 --
Go Man Go
| Irma Jackson
1951 --
The Tall Target
| Rachel
1950 --
No Way Out
| Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1950 --
The Jackie Robinson Story
| Rae Robinson
1948 --
The Fight Never Ends
|
1948 --
What a Guy
|
1947 --
Easy to Get
| Drugstore Girl
1946 --
Love in Syncopation
|
1946 --
That Man of Mine
| Joan