Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
27 10월 1922
Died
11 6월 2014
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as
Ruby Ann Wallace
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).
대표작
7.6
Film
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
2007
9.0
Film
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
1998
6.8
Series
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994
7.8
Film
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
1989
6.9
Series
Little Bill
1999–2004
5.5
Film
A Simple Wish
Hortence
1997
7.7
Film
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
1961
6.0
Film
Cat People
Female
1982
6.1
Film
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
2012
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–
Acting credits 17 titles
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
6.1
2012
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
7.6
2007
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator
6.0
2002–
Little Bill
6.9
1999–2004
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
4.1
1999
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
9.0
1998
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
5.5
1997
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
6.3
1995
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
6.8
1994
Middle Ages
as Estelle Williams
7.5
1992
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
6.4
1991
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
7.8
1989
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley
7.5
1988
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Faye Williams
5.8
1985
Cat People
as Female
6.0
1982
Uptight
as Laurie
6.8
1968
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
7.7
1961