Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Birthday: 1922-10-27

Deathday: 2014-06-11

Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also known as: Ruby Ann Wallace

imdb_id: nm0002039

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).

Played in movies:

Sports on the Silver Screen

Score: 10.0

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Score: 10.0

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Score: 8.0

St. Louis Blues

Score: 7.8

Do the Right Thing

Score: 7.8

A Raisin in the Sun

Score: 7.7

American Gangster

Score: 7.6

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Score: 7.5

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Score: 7.3

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

Score: 7.3

Decoration Day

Score: 7.3

The Incident

Score: 7.3

Betty and Coretta

Score: 7.2

Edge of the City

Score: 7.1

Discovering William Greaves

Score: 7.0

Black Girl

Score: 7.0

No Way Out

Score: 6.9

Color Adjustment

Score: 6.9

The Ernest Green Story

Score: 6.9

The Tall Target

Score: 6.8

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Score: 6.7

Gone Are the Days!

Score: 6.7

Video Girl

Score: 6.7

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Score: 6.7

It's Good to Be Alive

Score: 6.6

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

Score: 6.5

Uptight

Score: 6.5

The Jackie Robinson Story

Score: 6.4

Jungle Fever

Score: 6.4

Tuesday Morning Ride

Score: 6.3

Just Cause

Score: 6.2

Buck and the Preacher

Score: 6.2

A Thousand Words

Score: 6.1

Cat People

Score: 6.1

The Unfinished Journey

Score: 6.0

The Sheriff

Score: 6.0

Whitewash

Score: 6.0

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Score: 6.0

No. 2

Score: 6.0

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Score: 5.9

Passing Glory

Score: 5.8

A Storm in Summer

Score: 5.8

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Score: 5.8

Go Man Go

Score: 5.7

The Wall

Score: 5.7

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Score: 5.6

A Simple Wish

Score: 5.5

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Score: 5.4

The Balcony

Score: 5.2

Take a Giant Step

Score: 5.2

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Score: 5.0

Virgin Island

Score: 5.0

Love at Large

Score: 4.8

Feast of All Saints

Score: 4.6

Politics of Love

Score: 4.5

Cop & ½

Score: 4.5

All About Us

Score: 4.4

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Score: 4.2

Baby Geniuses

Score: 4.1

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Score: 4.0

All God's Children

Score: 4.0

America

Score: 3.5

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Score: 3.2

Steam

Score: 3.1

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Score: 1.5

The Stand

Score: 0.0

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Score: 0.0

Easy to Get

Score: 0.0

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

Score: 0.0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Score: 0.0

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

Score: 0.0

On Merit

Score: 0.0

Poitier's Walter Lee

Score: 0.0

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Score: 0.0

Zora is My Name!

Score: 0.0

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Score: 0.0

Wedding Band

Score: 0.0

What a Guy

Score: 0.0

The Fight Never Ends

Score: 0.0

Love in Syncopation

Score: 0.0

Neighbours

Score: 0.0

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

Score: 0.0

Taking Back Our Town

Score: 0.0

Countdown at Kusini

Score: 0.0

Deadlock

Score: 0.0

That Man of Mine

Score: 0.0

After Goodbye

Score: 0.0

Finding Buck McHenry

Score: 0.0

Jazztime Tale

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Reading Rainbow

Score: 8.4

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

The Golden Girls

Score: 7.5

The Kennedy Center Honors

Score: 7.4

Roots: The Next Generations

Score: 7.4

China Beach

Score: 7.4

American Experience

Score: 7.4

Lincoln

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

The Stand

Score: 6.8

Spenser: For Hire

Score: 6.7

The Dick Cavett Show

Score: 6.7

Little Bill

Score: 6.6

The Defenders

Score: 6.2

Police Woman

Score: 6.2

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Middle Ages

Score: 6.0

Iconoclasts

Score: 6.0

The Atlanta Child Murders

Score: 5.9

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

Score: 0.0

The Great Adventure

Score: 0.0