
Actor
Born October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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).

Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)

Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self

Betty and Coretta
Narrator

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self

A Thousand Words
Annie McCall

Video Girl
Valerie

Politics of Love

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)

America
Mrs. Harper

Steam
Doris

American Gangster
Mama Lucas

All About Us
Ms. Ella

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself

Discovering William Greaves
Self

The Way Back Home
Maude

No. 2
Nanna Maria

Iconoclasts
Self

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator

Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West

Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson

Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry

A Storm in Summer
Grandmother

The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)

Little Bill

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Baby Geniuses
Margo

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self

Passing Glory
Mommit Porter

The Wall
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self

A Simple Wish
Hortence

Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo

Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Grandma (voice)

Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson

Tuesday Morning Ride
Jennie

Touched by an Angel
LaBelle Springbelt

Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)

The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle

After Goodbye
Narrator

Cop & ½
Rachel

The Ernest Green Story
Lydia Wilson

Middle Ages
Estelle Williams

Color Adjustment
Narrator

Jazztime Tale
Narrator (voice)

Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify

Decoration Day
Rowena

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother

Love at Large
Corrine Dart

Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston

Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister

American Experience
Narrator (voice)

China Beach

Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley

Spenser: For Hire

The Golden Girls
Mammy Watkins

The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes

Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)

Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone

Cat People
Female

American Playhouse
Mrs. Grimes

All God's Children
Irene Whitfield

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter

Roots: The Next Generations
Queen Haley

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self

Countdown at Kusini
Leah Matanzima

Police Woman

Wedding Band
Julia Augustine

It's Good to Be Alive
Ruth Campanella

Black Girl
Netta's mother

Buck and the Preacher
Ruth

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

The Sheriff
Sue Ann Lucas

Great Performances
Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)

Deadlock
Lucinda

Uptight
Laurie

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest

The Incident
Joan Robinson

The Great Adventure
Harriet Tubman

The Fugitive
Laura Smith

Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

The Balcony
Thief

The Defenders
Catherine Collins

A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger

Take a Giant Step
Christine

Virgin Island
Ruth

St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth

Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler

Armchair Theatre
Vicky Kingsbury

Go Man Go
Irma Jackson

The Oscars
Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rowena Finch

The Tall Target
Rachel

No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)

The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson

The Fight Never Ends

What a Guy

Easy to Get
Drugstore Girl

Love in Syncopation

That Man of Mine
Joan