Ruby Dee
Acting
Born October 27, 1922 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 f…
Known for
Acting(121)
2026Love in Exile
Film
2024Hollywood BlackTV
2018Poitier's Walter LeeFilm
2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeFilm
2013Betty and CorettaFilm
2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-JamalFilm
2012A Thousand WordsFilm
2011Video GirlFilm
2011Politics of LoveFilm
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollFilm
2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown SchoolFilm
2009AmericaFilm
2007SteamFilm
2007American GangsterFilm
2007All About UsFilm
2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black CinemaFilm
2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonFilm
2006Discovering William GreavesFilm
2006The Way Back HomeFilm
2006No. 2Film
2005IconoclastsTV
2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodFilm
2004Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksFilm
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsFilm
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesFilm
2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'Film
2002Christianity: The First Two Thousand YearsTV
2001Taking Back Our TownFilm
2001Feast of All SaintsFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTV
2000Finding Buck McHenryFilm
2000A Storm in SummerFilm
1999The Unfinished JourneyFilm
1999Little BillTV
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsFilm
1999Baby GeniusesFilm
1999Paul Robeson: Here I StandFilm
1999Passing GloryFilm
1998A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma CannerFilm
1998Christianity: The First 1000 YearsTV
1998The WallFilm
1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in HollywoodFilm
1997A Simple WishFilm
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenFilm
1996Captive Heart: The James Mink StoryFilm
1996Mr. and Mrs. LovingFilm
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTV
1995Just CauseFilm
1995Tuesday Morning RideFilm
1994Touched by an AngelTV
1994WhitewashFilm
1994The StandTV
1993After GoodbyeFilm
1993Cop & ½Film
1993The Ernest Green StoryFilm
1992Middle AgesTV
1992Color AdjustmentFilm
1991Jazztime TaleFilm
1991Jungle FeverFilm
1990Decoration DayFilm
1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonFilm
1990Love at LargeFilm
1990Zora is My Name!Film
1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'Film
1989Do the Right ThingFilm
1988American ExperienceTV
1988China BeachTV
1988LincolnTV
1985Spenser: For HireTV
1985The Golden GirlsTV
1985The Atlanta Child MurdersTV
1984Go Tell It on the MountainFilm
1983Reading RainbowTV
1982Long Day's Journey Into NightFilm
1982Cat PeopleFilm
1982American PlayhouseTV
1980All God's ChildrenFilm
1980The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem SixFilm
1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsFilm
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsTV
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsTV
1976Countdown at KusiniFilm
1974Police WomanTV
1974Wedding BandFilm
1974It's Good to Be AliveFilm
1973Chelsea D.H.O.Film
1972Black GirlFilm
1972Buck and the PreacherFilm
1972To Be Young, Gifted and BlackFilm
1972On MeritFilm
1971The SheriffFilm
1971Great PerformancesTV
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisFilm
1969DeadlockFilm
1968UptightFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowTV
1967The IncidentFilm
1967Now is the TimeFilm
1966NeighboursFilm
1963The Great AdventureTV
1963The FugitiveTV
1963Gone Are the Days!Film
1963The BalconyFilm
1961The DefendersTV
1961A Raisin in the SunFilm
1959Take a Giant StepFilm
1959Virgin IslandFilm
1958St. Louis BluesFilm
1957Edge of the CityFilm
1956Armchair TheatreTV
1954Go Man GoFilm
1953The OscarsTV
1951Hallmark Hall of FameTV
1951The Tall TargetFilm
1950No Way OutFilm
1950The Jackie Robinson StoryFilm
1948The Fight Never EndsFilm
1948What a GuyFilm
1947Easy to GetFilm
1946Love in SyncopationFilm
1946That Man of MineFilm