Acting credits
113
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ruby Dee
Acting
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Movies: 86Series: 28Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 15532
IMDb ID: nm0002039
Known for: Acting
Born: October 27, 1922
Died: June 11, 2014
Age: 91
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1946 - 2024
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q234360
Also known as
Ruby Ann Wallace
Other jobs
Writer (2)Vocals (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruby Dee.
as Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 • Movie
as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 • Movie
as Narrator
Betty and Coretta
2013 • Movie
as Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 • Movie
as Annie McCall
A Thousand Words
2012 • Movie
as Valerie
Video Girl
2011 • Movie
Politics of Love
2011 • Movie
as Miss Candy
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 • Movie
as Mrs. Harper
America
2009 • Movie
as Doris
Steam
2007 • Movie
as Mama Lucas
American Gangster
2007 • Movie
as Ms. Ella
All About Us
2007 • Movie
as Herself
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 • Movie
as Self
Discovering William Greaves
2006 • Movie
as Maude
The Way Back Home
2006 • Movie
as Nanna Maria
No. 2
2006 • Movie
as Nanny
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005 • Movie
as Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 • Movie
as (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 • Movie
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 • Movie
as Self
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 • Movie
as Emelda West
Taking Back Our Town
2001 • Movie
as Elsie Claviere
Feast of All Saints
2001 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruby Dee.
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
Hollywood Black
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Iconoclasts
2005 • Series
as Narrator • 2 eps
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 • Series
as Mary Wilson • 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 • Series
52 eps
Little Bill
1999 • Series
as Grandma (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as LaBelle Springbelt • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Mother Abagail Freemantle • 4 eps
The Stand
1994 • Series
as Estelle Williams • 6 eps
Middle Ages
1992 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
American Experience
1988 • Series
1 eps
China Beach
1988 • Series
as Elizabeth Keckley • 2 eps
Lincoln
1988 • Series
1 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1985 • Series
as Mammy Watkins • 1 eps
The Golden Girls
1985 • Series
as Faye Williams • 2 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
Reading Rainbow
1983 • Series
as Mrs. Grimes • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
as Queen Haley • 3 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 • Series
1 eps
Police Woman
1974 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
as Harriet Tubman • 1 eps
The Great Adventure
1963 • Series
as Laura Smith • 1 eps
The Fugitive
1963 • Series