Ruby Dee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 27, 1922
- Died
- Jun 11, 2014 (aged 91)
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 123
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).
Known for
American Gangster
2007Movie
Mama Lucas
Do the Right Thing
1989Movie
Mother Sister
A Thousand Words
2012Movie
Annie McCall
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Mary Wilson
Just Cause
1995Movie
Evangeline Ferguson
Cat People
1982Movie
Female
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024TV
Self (archive footage)
Iconoclasts
2005TV
Self
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002TV
Narrator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Mary Wilson
Little Bill
1999TV
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998TV
Herself - Narrator
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
Grandma (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
LaBelle Springbelt
The Stand
1994TV
Mother Abagail Freemantle
Middle Ages
1992TV
Estelle Williams
American Experience
1988TV
Narrator (voice)
China Beach
1988TV
Lincoln
1988TV
Elizabeth Keckley
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Mammy Watkins
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985TV
Faye Williams
Reading Rainbow
1983TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982TV
Mrs. Grimes, Zora Neale Hurston
Roots: The Next Generations
1979TV
Queen Haley
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978TV
Self
Police Woman
1974TV
Great Performances
1971TV
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Harriet Tubman
The Fugitive
1963TV
Laura Smith
The Defenders
1961TV
Catherine Collins
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Vicky Kingsbury
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Rowena Finch