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).

Ruby Dee

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Jungle Fever (1991)

American Gangster (2007)

America (2009)

Cat People (1982)

Love at Large (1990)

Jazztime Tale (1991)

Just Cause (1995)

Cop & ½ (1993)

Buck and the Preacher (1972)

No. 2 (2006)

The Tall Target (1951)

Edge of the City (1957)

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

The Incident (1967)

A Simple Wish (1997)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)

Politics of Love (2011)

Feast of All Saints (2001)

Black Girl (1972)

Video Girl (2011)

Decoration Day (1990)

Uptight (1968)

Finding Buck McHenry (2000)

Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)

It's Good to Be Alive (1974)

A Storm in Summer (2000)

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)

Betty and Coretta (2013)

Steam (2007)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

Virgin Island (1959)

Take a Giant Step (1959)

Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)

Gone Are the Days! (1963)

After Goodbye (1993)

Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

That Man of Mine (1946)

Deadlock (1969)

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)

Passing Glory (1999)

The Wall (1998)

Countdown at Kusini (1976)

Whitewash (1994)

Taking Back Our Town (2001)

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998)

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)

Neighbours (1966)

No Way Out (1950)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

Love in Syncopation (1946)

The Fight Never Ends (1948)

What a Guy (1948)

Wedding Band (1974)

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011)

Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007)

All God's Children (1980)

Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)

The Ernest Green Story (1993)

A Thousand Words (2012)

Zora is My Name! (1990)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

St. Louis Blues (1958)

The Balcony (1963)

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)

Color Adjustment (1992)

Go Man Go (1954)

Discovering William Greaves (2006)

Baby Geniuses (1999)

Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)

To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)

The Sheriff (1971)