ACTOR
Ruby Dee
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).
Movies & TV Shows
Do the Right Thing
⭐ 7.8
Jungle Fever
⭐ 6.4
American Gangster
⭐ 7.6
America
⭐ 3.5
Cat People
⭐ 6.0
Love at Large
⭐ 4.9
Jazztime Tale
⭐ 7.0
Just Cause
⭐ 6.3
Cop & ½
⭐ 4.6
Buck and the Preacher
⭐ 6.3
No. 2
⭐ 6.2
The Tall Target
⭐ 6.8
Edge of the City
⭐ 7.1
A Raisin in the Sun
⭐ 7.7
The Jackie Robinson Story
⭐ 6.3
The Incident
⭐ 7.4
A Simple Wish
⭐ 5.5
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
⭐ 5.2
Their Eyes Were Watching God
⭐ 5.7
Politics of Love
⭐ 3.3
Feast of All Saints
⭐ 4.8
Black Girl
⭐ 6.8
Video Girl
⭐ 6.1
Decoration Day
⭐ 6.9
Uptight
⭐ 6.8
Finding Buck McHenry
⭐ 7.0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
⭐ 6.0
It's Good to Be Alive
⭐ 7.3
A Storm in Summer
⭐ 6.4
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
⭐ 10.0
Betty and Coretta
⭐ 7.2
Steam
⭐ 3.1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
⭐ 4.3
Virgin Island
⭐ 6.3
Take a Giant Step
⭐ 5.2
Tuesday Morning Ride
⭐ 6.5
Gone Are the Days!
⭐ 7.5
After Goodbye
⭐ N/A
Sports on the Silver Screen
⭐ 9.0
That Man of Mine
⭐ 8.0
Deadlock
⭐ 9.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
⭐ 6.0
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
⭐ 7.3
Passing Glory
⭐ 6.0
The Wall
⭐ 6.8
Countdown at Kusini
⭐ 7.0
Whitewash
⭐ 6.0
Taking Back Our Town
⭐ 4.0
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
⭐ 7.2
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
⭐ 7.0
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
⭐ 7.3
Neighbours
⭐ N/A
No Way Out
⭐ 7.0
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
⭐ 5.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
⭐ 7.4
Love in Syncopation
⭐ N/A
The Fight Never Ends
⭐ 8.0
What a Guy
⭐ 7.0
Wedding Band
⭐ N/A
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
⭐ 5.5
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
⭐ 6.9
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
⭐ 6.5
All God's Children
⭐ 6.5
Go Tell It on the Mountain
⭐ 6.3
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
⭐ N/A
The Ernest Green Story
⭐ 6.9
A Thousand Words
⭐ 6.1
Zora is My Name!
⭐ 10.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
⭐ 5.3
St. Louis Blues
⭐ 7.7
The Balcony
⭐ 5.2
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
⭐ N/A
Color Adjustment
⭐ 6.9
Go Man Go
⭐ 5.4
Discovering William Greaves
⭐ 7.0
Baby Geniuses
⭐ 4.1
Poitier's Walter Lee
⭐ N/A
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
⭐ 7.0
The Sheriff
⭐ 6.0
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
⭐ 1.5
On Merit
⭐ N/A
The Unfinished Journey
⭐ 6.5
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
⭐ N/A
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
⭐ 8.0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
⭐ 7.0
All About Us
⭐ 4.4
Easy to Get
⭐ 9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
⭐ 9.0
The Way Back Home
⭐ 6.7
Chelsea D.H.O.
⭐ 8.0
Now is the Time
⭐ N/A
Love in Exile
⭐ N/A
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
⭐ N/A
The Stand
⭐ N/A
Baby of the Family
⭐ N/A
Spenser: For Hire
⭐ 6.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
⭐ 7.6
The Great Adventure
⭐ 10.0
The Golden Girls
⭐ 7.6
China Beach
⭐ 7.4
Little Bill
⭐ 6.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
⭐ 8.8
The Stand
⭐ 6.8
Police Woman
⭐ 6.5
The Fugitive
⭐ 7.3
Iconoclasts
⭐ 7.5
Middle Ages
⭐ 7.5
The Defenders
⭐ 6.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
⭐ 7.4
Lincoln
⭐ 7.5
Reading Rainbow
⭐ 8.4
American Experience
⭐ 6.5
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
⭐ N/A
The Atlanta Child Murders
⭐ 5.8
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
⭐ 6.3
The Dick Cavett Show
⭐ 6.8
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
⭐ 6.0
Touched by an Angel
⭐ 7.2
Great Performances
⭐ 6.1
Roots: The Next Generations
⭐ 7.5
The Oscars
⭐ 7.1
Armchair Theatre
⭐ 6.0
Hollywood Black
⭐ 3.0
American Playhouse
⭐ 6.6
American Playhouse
⭐ 6.6