Personal Info
Birthday
October 27, 1922
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
Acting Filmography (112)
3.7
Hollywood Black
TV Series2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie2018
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Movie2014
7.2
Betty and Coretta
Movie2013
No Backdrop
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Movie2013
6.1
A Thousand Words
Movie2012
6.1
Video Girl
Movie2011
No Backdrop
3.3
Politics of Love
Movie2011
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie2011
No Backdrop
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Movie2009
No Backdrop
3.5
America
Movie2009
No Backdrop
2.8
Steam
Movie2007
7.6
American Gangster
Movie2007
4.4
All About Us
Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Movie2007
7.0
Discovering William Greaves
Movie2006
6.7
The Way Back Home
Movie2006
6.5
No. 2
Movie2006
7.5
Iconoclasts
TV Series2005
5.7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie2005
0.0
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie2004
No Backdrop
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie2004
5.2
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Movie2002
No Backdrop
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
TV Series2002
4.0
Taking Back Our Town
Movie2001
4.8
Feast of All Saints
Movie2001
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV Series2000
7.0
Finding Buck McHenry
Movie2000
6.4
A Storm in Summer
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.5
The Unfinished Journey
Movie1999
6.9
Little Bill
TV Series1999
7.3
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Movie1999
4.1
Baby Geniuses
Movie1999
8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie1999
No Backdrop
6.0
Passing Glory
Movie1999
No Backdrop
6.8
The Wall
Movie1998
No Backdrop
9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Movie1998
5.5
A Simple Wish
Movie1997
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie1997
5.1
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Movie1996
6.0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Movie1996
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV Series1995
6.3
Just Cause
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.5
Tuesday Morning Ride
Movie1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
6.0
Whitewash
Movie1994
6.8
The Stand
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
0.0
After Goodbye
Movie1993
4.6
Cop & ½
Movie1993
No Backdrop
7.1
The Ernest Green Story
Movie1993
No Backdrop
7.5
Middle Ages
TV Series1992
6.9
Color Adjustment
Movie1992
7.0
Jazztime Tale
Movie1991
6.4
Jungle Fever
Movie1991
6.9
Decoration Day
Movie1990
No Backdrop
7.2
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie1990
5.0
Love at Large
Movie1990
No Backdrop
10.0
Zora is My Name!
Movie1990
7.8
Do the Right Thing
Movie1989
6.5
American Experience
TV Series1988
7.5
China Beach
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
7.5
Lincoln
TV Series1988
6.9
Spenser: For Hire
TV Series1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
TV Series1985
5.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV Series1985
6.3
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Movie1984
8.3
Reading Rainbow
TV Series1983
No Backdrop
6.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie1982
6.0
Cat People
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
6.5
All God's Children
Movie1980
No Backdrop
7.0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Movie1980
No Backdrop
4.3
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Movie1979
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
TV Series1979
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV Series1978
7.0
Countdown at Kusini
Movie1976
6.4
Police Woman
TV Series1974
No Backdrop
0.0
Wedding Band
Movie1974
7.3
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie1974
6.8
Black Girl
Movie1972
6.3
Buck and the Preacher
Movie1972
7.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie1972
6.0
The Sheriff
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie1970
No Backdrop
9.0
Deadlock
Movie1969
6.8
Uptight
Movie1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
TV Series1968
7.4
The Incident
Movie1967
10.0
The Great Adventure
TV Series1963
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.5
Gone Are the Days!
Movie1963
5.2
The Balcony
Movie1963
6.3
The Defenders
TV Series1961
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie1961
5.2
Take a Giant Step
Movie1959
6.3
Virgin Island
Movie1959
7.7
St. Louis Blues
Movie1958
7.2
Edge of the City
Movie1957
No Backdrop
6.0
Armchair Theatre
TV Series1956
5.4
Go Man Go
Movie1954
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
6.9
The Tall Target
Movie1951
6.9
No Way Out
Movie1950
6.3
The Jackie Robinson Story
Movie1950
8.0
The Fight Never Ends
Movie1948
7.0
What a Guy
Movie1948
No Backdrop
9.0
Easy to Get
Movie1947
0.0
Love in Syncopation
Movie1946
8.0
That Man of Mine
Movie1946