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).
Place of Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for:
Acting
Birthday:
Oct 27, 1922
Died on:
Jun 11, 2014

Casting Carrer

7.5
American Gangster
7.7
Do the Right Thing
6.1
A Thousand Words
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
4.1
Baby Geniuses
6.2
Just Cause
6.0
Cat People
6.8
The Stand
7.5
The Golden Girls
6.3
Jungle Fever
4.4
Cop & ½
5.4
A Simple Wish
7.2
Touched by an Angel
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
6.8
No Way Out
7.4
The Incident
6.2
Buck and the Preacher
7.1
Edge of the City
7.2
The Fugitive
5.4
Their Eyes Were Watching God
4.8
Love at Large
6.8
The Tall Target
8.3
Reading Rainbow
7.2
American Experience
6.2
Police Woman
6.7
Spenser: For Hire
7.4
China Beach
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
5.5
Great Performances
6.8
Little Bill
4.9
The Balcony
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
6.3
The Jackie Robinson Story
6.1
Video Girl
4.4
Feast of All Saints
6.6
Uptight
4
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
2.7
Steam
5.5
The Atlanta Child Murders
5.9
The Defenders
6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
7.2
Betty and Coretta
4.8
Take a Giant Step
6.9
Color Adjustment
7.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
6.5
The Way Back Home
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
4.4
All About Us
6.9
Decoration Day
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
5.6
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
6.4
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6.1
Black Girl
5.3
The Sheriff
6.7
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1
Taking Back Our Town
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
3.3
Politics of Love
6.9
The Ernest Green Story
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
3.8
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
5.8
A Storm in Summer
5.8
Passing Glory
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
7.6
St. Louis Blues
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.6
It's Good to Be Alive
3.5
America
7.5
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
5.7
The Wall
5.7
Go Man Go
6
No. 2
6.3
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.7
Gone Are the Days!
7
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
5
Virgin Island
6
The Unfinished Journey
4
All God's Children
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
5
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
6
Long Day's Journey Into Night
6
Whitewash
6
Iconoclasts
6
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
7
Discovering William Greaves
9
The Stand
10
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10
Sports on the Silver Screen
6
Middle Ages
N/R
Jazztime Tale
N/R
Finding Buck McHenry
N/R
After Goodbye
N/R
That Man of Mine
N/R
Deadlock
N/R
Countdown at Kusini
N/R
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
N/R
Neighbours
N/R
Love in Syncopation
N/R
The Fight Never Ends
N/R
What a Guy
N/R
Wedding Band
N/R
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
N/R
Zora is My Name!
N/R
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
N/R
Poitier's Walter Lee
N/R
On Merit
N/R
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
N/R
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
N/R
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
N/R
Easy to Get
N/R
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
N/R
The Great Adventure
N/R
Christianity: The First 1000 Years

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Uptight
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Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial