Ruby Dee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-10-27 (92 years old)

Deathday

2014-06-11

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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).

Acting

1989

Do the Right Thing

as Mother Sister

1991

Jungle Fever

as Lucinda Purify

2007

American Gangster

as Mama Lucas

2009

America

as Mrs. Harper

1982

Cat People

as Female

1990

Love at Large

as Corrine Dart

1991

Jazztime Tale

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Just Cause

as Evangeline Ferguson

1993

Cop & ½

as Rachel

2006

No. 2

as Nanna Maria

1951

1957

Edge of the City

as Lucy Tyler

1961

A Raisin in the Sun

as Ruth Younger

1950

1967

The Incident

as Joan Robinson

1997

A Simple Wish

as Hortence

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Elsie Claviere

1972

Black Girl

as Netta's mother

2011

Video Girl

as Valerie

1990

1968

Uptight

as Laurie

2000

1996

1974

It's Good to Be Alive

as Ruth Campanella

2000

A Storm in Summer

as Grandmother

2013

2007

Steam

as Doris

1979

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as Grandmother Baxter

1959

1959

Take a Giant Step

as Christine

1963

Gone Are the Days!

as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

1993

After Goodbye

as Narrator

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1946

1969

Deadlock

as Lucinda

1999

Passing Glory

as Mommit Porter

1998

The Wall

as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

1976

Countdown at Kusini

as Leah Matanzima

1994

Whitewash

as Grandmother (voice)

2001

Taking Back Our Town

as Emelda West

1999

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

1966

Neighbours

as Vicky Kingsbury

1950

No Way Out

as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

1974

Wedding Band

as Julia Augustine

1980

All God's Children

as Irene Whitfield

1985

1993

The Ernest Green Story

as Lydia Wilson

2012

A Thousand Words

as Annie McCall

1990

Zora is My Name!

as Zora Neale Hurston

2004

1958

St. Louis Blues

as Elizabeth

1963

The Balcony

as Thief

1992

Color Adjustment

as Narrator

1954

Go Man Go

as Irma Jackson

1999

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

1971

The Sheriff

as Sue Ann Lucas

1972

On Merit

as Narrator (voice)

1999

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

2007

All About Us

as Ms. Ella

1947

Easy to Get

as Drugstore Girl

1994

The Stand

as Mother Abagail Freemantle

Production

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