Ruby Dee
Acting
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
2018Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013Betty and Coretta
Narrator
2012A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
2011Politics of Love
2011Video Girl
Valerie
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
2009America
Mrs. Harper
2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)
2007American Gangster
Mama Lucas
2007Steam
Doris
2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself
2007All About Us
Ms. Ella
2006No. 2
Nanna Maria
2006Discovering William Greaves
Self
2006The Way Back Home
Maude
2005Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self
2001Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
2001Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
