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Ruby Dee
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Born October 27, 1922Died June 11, 2014 (91 years)
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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Ruby Dee Filmography
| 2013 | 1982 · as Rose Brown |
| 2013 | Betty and Coretta · as Narrator |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Annie Mccall |
| 2011 | Video Girl · as Valerie |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Red & Blue Marbles · as Professor Wright |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Dream Street · as Cast |
| 2009 | A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll · as Miss Candy |
| 2009 | America · as Mrs. Harper |
| 2007 | Steam · as Doris |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Mama Lucas |
| 2007 | All About Us · as Ms. Ella |
| 2006 | The Way Back Home · as Maude |
| 2006 | Naming Number Two · as Nanna Maria |
| 2006 | Nick Jr. Favorites Holiday · as Alice The Great |
| 2005 | Their Eyes Were Watching God · as Nanny |
| 2004 | Fatherhood (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | Taking Back Our Town · as Emelda West |
| 2001 | The Feast of All Saints · as Elsie Claviere |
| 2001 | Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Little Bill: Big Little Bill · as Alice The Great |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Mary Wilson |
| 2000 | Finding Buck McHenry · as Mrs. Henry |
| 2000 | A Storm in Summer · as Grandmother |
| 1999 | Between the Lions (TV Series) · as Woodcutter's Wife |
| 1999 | Little Bill (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Shelly Fisher · as Mrs. Greenspan |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years · as Annie Elizabeth 'bessie' Delany |
| 1999 | Baby Geniuses · as Margo |
| 1999 | Passing Glory · as Mommit Porter |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | A Simple Wish · as Hortence |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Mattie |
| 1996 | Promised Land (TV Series) · as Alicia |
| 1996 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story · as Indigo |
| 1996 | Mr. and Mrs. Loving · as Sophia |
| 1995 | Street Gear (TV Series) · as Mosley Davis |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Grandma (voice) |
| 1995 | Just Cause · as Evangeline Ferguson |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Labelle Springbelt |
| 1994 | Whitewash · as Grandmother (voice) |
| 1994 | The Stand (TV Series) · as Mother Abagail Freemantle |
| 1993 | Cop & ½ · as Rachel |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story · as Lydia Wilson |
| 1992 | Color Adjustment · as Narrator |
| 1991 | Jazztime Tale · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever · as Lucinda Purify |
| 1990 | Decoration Day · as Rowena |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson · as Jackie's Mother |
| 1990 | Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Aurelia Danforth |
| 1990 | Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday · as Billie Holiday |
| 1990 | Love at Large · as Corrine Dart |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Mother Sister |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | China Beach (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Gore Vidal's Lincoln (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Keckley |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods (TV Series) · as Dorothy - Secretary To Mary Ashley |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Mammy Watkins |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Faye Williams |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain · as Mrs. Grimes |
| 1982 | Long Day's Journey Into Night · as Mary Tyrone |
| 1982 | Cat People · as Female |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Grimes |
| 1980 | All God's Children · as Irene Whitfield |
| 1979 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings · as Grandmother Baxter |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Queen Haley |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Ruth Younger |
| 1976 | Cool Red · as Leah Matanzima |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive · as Ruth Campanella |
| 1973 | Tenafly (TV Series) · as Jan Lennox |
| 1972 | Black Girl · as Netta's Mother |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher · as Ruth |
| 1972 | To Be Young, Gifted, and Black · as Lorraine Hansberry And Other Assorted Characters |
| 1971 | The Sheriff · as Sue Ann Lucas |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Protectors (TV Series) · as Lucinda |
| 1968 | Uptight · as Laurie |
| 1967 | The Incident · as Joan Robinson |
| 1964 | Peyton Place (TV Series) · as Alma Miles |
| 1963 | The Balcony · as Thief |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Harriet Tubman |
| 1963 | Gone Are the Days! · as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Marilyn Marsden |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Laura Smith |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Jenny Bishop |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Irene Clayton |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Catherine Collins |
| 1961 | A Raisin in the Sun · as Ruth Younger |
| 1959 | Take a Giant Step · as Christine |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 1958 | Our Virgin Island · as Ruth |
| 1958 | St. Louis Blues · as Elizabeth |
| 1957 | Edge of the City · as Lucy Tyler |
| 1956 | The Great American Pastime · as Mrs. Ashlow |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Vicky Kingsbury |
| 1954 | Go Man Go · as Irma Jackson |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Martha Frazier (1967) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series) · as Rowena Finch |
| 1951 | The Tall Target · as Rachel |
| 1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story · as Rae Robinson |
| 1950 | No Way Out · as Connie Brooks (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart · as Self |
| 2015 | And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead · as Self |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Actress (in Memoriam) |
| 2015 | The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2014 | The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self (in Memoriam) |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary · as Self |
| 2011 | Sing Your Song · as Self |
| 2010 | Black Girls Rock · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | 39th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story · as Self |
| 2008 | Meet Mary Pleasant · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | On the Set of No. 2 · as Self |
| 2006 | The 2006 Black Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The History Makers · as Self |
| 2004 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Def Poetry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Life Achievement Award Recipient |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver Screen · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The 48th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery · as Self - Narrator |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | 22nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1989 | Making Do the Right Thing · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Wattstax · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | He Said, She Said (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 |
| 1983 | Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial · as Vocals |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Based On The Stage Play By |