ACTOR
Ruby Dee
Best known as Self in Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood.
22
Appearances
6
Series
16
Films
9.0
Top rated
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).
Acting credits 22 titles
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
Film
2012
6.1
Steam
as Doris
Film
2007
3.1
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
Film
2007
7.6
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator
Series
2002–
6.0
Little Bill
Series
1999–2004
6.9
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
Film
1999
4.1
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
as Narrator
Film
1998
7.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
Film
1998
9.0
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
Film
1997
5.5
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
Film
1995
6.3
The Stand
Film
1994
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
Series
1994
6.8
Cop & ½
as Rachel
Film
1993
4.6
Middle Ages
as Estelle Williams
Series
1992
7.5
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
Film
1991
6.4
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
Film
1989
7.8
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley
Series
1988
7.5
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Faye Williams
Series
1985
5.8
Cat People
as Female
Film
1982
6.0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Film
1980
7.0
Uptight
as Laurie
Film
1968
6.8
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
Film
1961
7.7
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대표작
9.0
Film
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
1998
6.8
Series
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994
7.6
Film
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
2007
6.1
Film
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
2012
7.8
Film
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
1989
3.1
Film
Steam
Doris
2007
4.6
Film
Cop & ½
Rachel
1993
6.9
Series
Little Bill
1999–2004
0.0
Film
The Stand
1994
6.0
Film
Cat People
Female
1982
7.0
Film
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
1998
5.5
Film
A Simple Wish
Hortence
1997
7.7
Film
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
1961
7.0
Film
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
6.8
Film
Uptight
Laurie
1968
5.8
Series
The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams
1985
4.1
Film
Baby Geniuses
Margo
1999
6.3
Film
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
1995
6.4
Film
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
1991
7.5
Series
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
1988
7.5
Series
Middle Ages
Estelle Williams
1992
6.0
Series
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator
2002–