
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 (84 movies)

Do the Right Thing
1989

Jungle Fever
1991

American Gangster
2007

America
2009

Cat People
1982

Love at Large
1990

Jazztime Tale
1991

Just Cause
1995

Cop & ½
1993

Buck and the Preacher
1972

No. 2
2006

The Tall Target
1951

Edge of the City
1957

A Raisin in the Sun
1961

The Jackie Robinson Story
1950

The Incident
1967

A Simple Wish
1997

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003

Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005

Politics of Love
2011

Feast of All Saints
2001

Black Girl
1972

Video Girl
2011

Decoration Day
1990

Uptight
1968

Finding Buck McHenry
2000

Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996

It's Good to Be Alive
1974

A Storm in Summer
2000

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013

Betty and Coretta
2013

Steam
2007

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979

Virgin Island
1959

Take a Giant Step
1959

Tuesday Morning Ride
1995

Gone Are the Days!
1963

After Goodbye
1993

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997

That Man of Mine
1946

Deadlock
1969

Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009

Passing Glory
1999

The Wall
1998

Countdown at Kusini
1976

Whitewash
1994

Taking Back Our Town
2001

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999

No Way Out
1950

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970

Love in Syncopation
1946

The Fight Never Ends
1948

What a Guy
1948

Wedding Band
1974

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007

All God's Children
1980

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004

The Ernest Green Story
1993

A Thousand Words
2012

Zora is My Name!
1990

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004

St. Louis Blues
1958

The Balcony
1963

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002

Color Adjustment
1992

Go Man Go
1954

Discovering William Greaves
2006

Baby Geniuses
1999

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972

The Sheriff
1971

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014

The Unfinished Journey
1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980

All About Us
2007

Easy to Get
1947

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998

The Way Back Home
2006
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Uptight | 1968 | Writer |