Ruby Dee
Acting Born Oct 27, 1922 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 24 credits
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).
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Full filmography
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Mary Wilson
- The Fugitive (1963) as Laura Smith
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as LaBelle Springbelt
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Mammy Watkins
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Police Woman (1974)
- The Defenders (1961) as Catherine Collins
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- China Beach (1988)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Grandma (voice)
- Spenser: For Hire (1985)
- The Stand (1994) as Mother Abagail Freemantle
- American Gangster (2007) as Mama Lucas
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- The Great Adventure (1963) as Harriet Tubman
- Little Bill (1999)
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Queen Haley
- Iconoclasts (2005) as Self
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Cat People (1982) as Female
- Do the Right Thing (1989) as Mother Sister