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).

Geburtstag: 27.10.1922

Todestag: 11.06.2014

Geburtsort: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Anzahl der Filme, die wir schon mit Ruby Dee gesehen haben: 1

31.03.2008
American Gangster
American Gangster

Anzahl aller Filme, in denen Ruby Dee mitgespielt hat: 85

2018
  • Poitier's Walter Lee
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
2014
  • Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
    Rolle: Self
2013
  • Betty and Coretta
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
    Rolle: Self
2012
  • A Thousand Words
    Rolle: Annie McCall
2011
  • Video Girl
    Rolle: Valerie
  • Politics of Love
    Rolle:
  • The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
    Rolle: Miss Candy
2009
  • A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • America
    Rolle: Mrs. Harper
2007
  • Steam
    Rolle: Doris
  • American Gangster
    Rolle: Mama Lucas
  • All About Us
    Rolle: Ms. Ella
  • In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
    Rolle: Herself
  • Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
    Rolle: Self
2006
  • Discovering William Greaves
    Rolle: Self
  • No. 2
    Rolle: Nanna Maria
2005
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
    Rolle: Nanny
2004
  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
    Rolle: Self
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
    Rolle: (archive footage)
2003
  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
    Rolle:
2002
  • Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
    Rolle: Self
2001
  • Taking Back Our Town
    Rolle: Emelda West
  • Feast of All Saints
    Rolle: Elsie Claviere
2000
  • Finding Buck McHenry
    Rolle: Mrs. Henry
  • A Storm in Summer
    Rolle: Grandmother
1999
  • The Unfinished Journey
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
    Rolle: Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
  • Baby Geniuses
    Rolle: Margo
  • Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
    Rolle: Self
  • Passing Glory
    Rolle: Mommit Porter
1998
  • A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
    Rolle: Narrator
  • The Wall
    Rolle: Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
1997
  • A Simple Wish
    Rolle: Hortence
  • Sports on the Silver Screen
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
1996
  • Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
    Rolle: Indigo
  • Mr. and Mrs. Loving
    Rolle: Sophia
1995
  • Just Cause
    Rolle: Evangeline Ferguson
  • Tuesday Morning Ride
    Rolle: Jennie
1994
  • Whitewash
    Rolle: Grandmother (voice)
  • The Stand
    Rolle: Mother Abagail Freemantle
1993
  • After Goodbye
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Cop and ½
    Rolle: Rachel
  • The Ernest Green Story
    Rolle: Lydia Wilson
1992
  • Color Adjustment
    Rolle: Narrator
1991
  • Jazztime Tale
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Jungle Fever
    Rolle: Lucinda Purify
1990
  • Decoration Day
    Rolle: Rowena
  • The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
    Rolle: Jackie's Mother
  • Love at Large
    Rolle: Corrine Dart
  • Zora is My Name!
    Rolle: Zora Neale Hurston
1989
  • Making 'Do the Right Thing'
    Rolle: Self
  • Do the Right Thing
    Rolle: Mother Sister
1985
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain
    Rolle: Mrs. Grimes
1982
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Rolle: Mary Tyrone
  • Cat People
    Rolle: Female
1980
  • All God's Children
    Rolle: Irene Whitfield
  • The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
    Rolle:
1979
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    Rolle: Grandmother Baxter
1976
  • Countdown at Kusini
    Rolle: Leah Matanzima
1974
  • Wedding Band
    Rolle: Julia Augustine
  • It's Good to Be Alive
    Rolle: Ruth Campanella
1972
  • Black Girl
    Rolle: Netta's mother
  • Buck and the Preacher
    Rolle: Ruth
  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black
    Rolle: Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
  • On Merit
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
1971
  • The Sheriff
    Rolle: Sue Ann Lucas
1970
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
1969
  • Deadlock
    Rolle: Lucinda
1968
  • Uptight
    Rolle: Laurie
1967
  • The Incident
    Rolle: Joan Robinson
1966
  • Neighbours
    Rolle: Vicky Kingsbury
1963
  • Gone Are the Days!
    Rolle: Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
  • The Balcony
    Rolle: Thief
1961
  • A Raisin in the Sun
    Rolle: Ruth Younger
1959
  • Take a Giant Step
    Rolle: Christine
  • Virgin Island
    Rolle: Ruth
1958
  • St. Louis Blues
    Rolle: Elizabeth
1957
  • Edge of the City
    Rolle: Lucy Tyler
1954
  • Go Man Go
    Rolle: Irma Jackson
1951
  • The Tall Target
    Rolle: Rachel
1950
  • No Way Out
    Rolle: Connie Brooks (uncredited)
  • The Jackie Robinson Story
    Rolle: Rae Robinson
1947
  • Easy to Get
    Rolle: Drugstore Girl
1946
  • That Man of Mine
    Rolle: Joan