RUBY DEE

Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 27, 1922
Deathday: June 11, 2014
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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).

Filmography

Starring

Self (archive footage)
Narrator
Annie McCall
Valerie
2009·
America
Mrs. Harper
Ms. Ella
2007·
Steam
Doris
Mama Lucas
2006·
No. 2
Nanna Maria
Self
(archive footage)
Emelda West
Elsie Claviere
Grandmother
Mrs. Henry
Narrator (voice)
Margo
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Mommit Porter
Herself - Narrator
1998·
The Wall
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Self (archive footage)
Hortence
Evangeline Ferguson
LaBelle Springbelt
1994·
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle, Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994·
Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)
Lydia Wilson
Narrator
1993·
Cop & ½
Rachel
Estelle Williams
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Lucinda Purify
Zora Neale Hurston
Rowena
Corrine Dart
Mother Sister
Narrator (voice)
1988·
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
Faye Williams
Mammy Watkins
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Female
Irene Whitfield
Queen Victoria Haley
Grandmother Baxter
Leah Matanzima
Julia Augustine
Ruth Campanella
1972·
On Merit
Narrator (voice)
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Netta's mother
Sue Ann Lucas
1969·
Deadlock
Lucinda
Self - Guest
1968·
Uptight
Laurie
Joan Robinson
Vicky Kingsbury
Laura Smith
Harriet Tubman
Thief
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Catherine Collins
Ruth Younger
Christine
Ruth
Elizabeth
Lucy Tyler
1954·
Go Man Go
Irma Jackson
Rowena Finch
Rachel
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Rae Robinson
Drugstore Girl

Production

1968·
Uptight
Writer