Acting credits
110
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ruby Dee
Acting
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Movies: 86Series: 25Crew credits: 2
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 - 2018
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q234360
Also known as
Ruby Ann Wallace
Other jobs
Vocals (1)Writer (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.
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014 Movie
7.2
Betty and Coretta
as Narrator
2013 Movie
10.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
2013 Movie
6.1
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
2012 Movie
6.2
Video Girl
as Valerie
2011 Movie
3.3
Politics of Love
2011 Movie
5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy
2011 Movie
7.3
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
as Narrator (voice)
2009 Movie
3.5
America
as Mrs. Harper
2009 Movie
2.8
Steam
as Doris
2007 Movie
7.6
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
2007 Movie
4.4
All About Us
as Ms. Ella
2007 Movie
6.5
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
as Herself
2007 Movie
7.0
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
2006 Movie
6.5
The Way Back Home
as Maude
2006 Movie
6.0
No. 2
as Nanna Maria
2006 Movie
5.4
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Nanny
2005 Movie
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
2004 Movie
4.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004 Movie
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 Movie
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
as Self
2002 Movie
1.0
Taking Back Our Town
as Emelda West
2001 Movie
4.4
Feast of All Saints
as Elsie Claviere
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruby Dee.
6.0
Iconoclasts
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator • 2 eps
2002 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mary Wilson • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.8
Little Bill
47 eps
1999 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Grandma (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as LaBelle Springbelt • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.8
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle • 4 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Middle Ages
as Estelle Williams • 6 eps
1992 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.5
China Beach
1 eps
1988 Series
7.3
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.7
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
1985 Series
7.6
The Golden Girls
as Mammy Watkins • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.6
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Faye Williams • 2 eps
1985 Series
8.4
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
1983 Series
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as Queen Haley • 3 eps
1979 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.2
Police Woman
1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 2 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
The Great Adventure
as Harriet Tubman • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Laura Smith • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Catherine Collins • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series