Ruby Dee

Biodata

Place of Birth:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Date of Birth:

10/27/1922

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).

Movieography

7.754
Do the Right Thing
6.4
Jungle Fever
7.6
American Gangster
3.5
America
6.1
Cat People
4.8
Love at Large
0
Jazztime Tale
6.2
Just Cause
4.483
Cop and ½
6.2
Buck and the Preacher
6
No. 2
6.8
The Tall Target
7.116
Edge of the City
7.66
A Raisin in the Sun
6.4
The Jackie Robinson Story
7.3
The Incident
5.5
A Simple Wish
5.9
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.8
Their Eyes Were Watching God
4.5
Politics of Love
4.6
Feast of All Saints
7
Black Girl
6.7
Video Girl
7.3
Decoration Day
6.5
Uptight
0
Finding Buck McHenry
5.6
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
6.6
It's Good to Be Alive
5.8
A Storm in Summer
10
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
7.2
Betty and Coretta
3.1
Steam
4.25
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Virgin Island
5.2
Take a Giant Step
6.3
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.7
Gone Are the Days!
0
After Goodbye
10
Sports on the Silver Screen
0
That Man of Mine
0
Deadlock
6
Long Day's Journey Into Night
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
5.8
Passing Glory
5.7
The Wall
0
Countdown at Kusini
6
Whitewash
0
Taking Back Our Town
8
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
0
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
7.5
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
0
Neighbours
6.9
No Way Out
3.2
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
0
Love in Syncopation
0
The Fight Never Ends
0
What a Guy
0
Wedding Band
5.4
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
6.7
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
4
All God's Children
5
Go Tell It on the Mountain
0
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
6.9
The Ernest Green Story
6.095
A Thousand Words
0
Zora is My Name!
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
7.8
St. Louis Blues
5.2
The Balcony
0
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
6.9
Color Adjustment
5.7
Go Man Go
0
Discovering William Greaves
4.1
Baby Geniuses
0
Poitier's Walter Lee
5
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
6
The Sheriff
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
0
On Merit
6
The Unfinished Journey
0
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
4.4
All About Us
0
Easy to Get
0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood