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).
Mother Sister
Film 1989
Mrs. Harper
Film 2009
Narrator (voice)
Film 1991
Rae Robinson
Film 1950
Film 2003
Film 2011
Elsie Claviere
Film 2001
Netta's mother
Film 1972
Valerie
Film 2011
Sophia
Film 1996
Ruth Campanella
Film 1974
Grandmother
Film 2000
Self
Film 2013
Grandmother Baxter
Film 1979
Christine
Film 1959
Jennie
Film 1995
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Film 1963
Narrator
Film 1993
Self (archive footage)
Film 1997
Joan
Film 1946
Mary Tyrone
Film 1982
Narrator (voice)
Film 2009
Mommit Porter
Film 1999
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Film 1998
Leah Matanzima
Film 1976
Grandmother (voice)
Film 1994
Emelda West
Film 2001
Narrator
Film 1998
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Film 1999
Vicky Kingsbury
Film 1966
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Film 1950
Self (archive footage)
Film 1970
Film 1946
Film 1948
Film 1948
Julia Augustine
Film 1974
Self
Film 1989
Herself
Film 2007
Irene Whitfield
Film 1980
Self
Film 2004
Lydia Wilson
Film 1993
Zora Neale Hurston
Film 1990
(archive footage)
Film 2004
Self
Film 2002
Narrator
Film 1992
Irma Jackson
Film 1954
Self
Film 2006
Self (archive footage)
Film 2018
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Film 1972
Sue Ann Lucas
Film 1971
Self
Film 2014
Narrator (voice)
Film 1972
Narrator (voice)
Film 1999
Self
Film 2007
Self
Film 1999
Film 1980
Ms. Ella
Film 2007
Drugstore Girl
Film 1947
Self
Film 1998
Mother Abagail
Film 1994
Tv 1985
Mammy Watkins
Tv 1985
Tv 1988
Tv 1999
Mother Abagail
Tv 1994
Tv 1974
Self
Tv 2005
Catherine Collins
Tv 1961
Self
Tv 1978
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Tv 1983
Narrator (voice)
Tv 1988
Herself - Narrator
Tv 1998
Self - Guest
Tv 1968
Narrator
Tv 2002
Self
Tv 1971