Ruby Dee
27. oktoober 1922 (103 aastat), 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).
Tuntud rollide järgi
7.6 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
6.1 Great Performances
1971
7.3 The Fugitive
1963
6.5 American Experience
1988
7.6 The Golden Girls
1985
6.8 The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.2 Touched by an Angel
1994
6.4 Police Woman
1974
6.6 American Playhouse
1982
6.6 American Playhouse
1982
6.3 The Defenders
1961
7.6 American Gangster
2007
Filmograafia
- 2026Love in Exile
- 2024Hollywood Black (Self (archive footage))
- 2018Poitier's Walter Lee (Self (archive footage))
- 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (Self)
- 2013Betty and Coretta (Narrator)
- 2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (Self)
- 2012A Thousand Words (Annie McCall)
- 2011Video Girl (Valerie)
- 2011Politics of Love
- 2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (Miss Candy)
- 2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (Narrator (voice))
- 2009America (Mrs. Harper)
- 2007Steam (Doris)
- 2007American Gangster (Mama Lucas)
- 2007All About Us (Ms. Ella)
- 2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (Herself)
- 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (Self)
- 2006Discovering William Greaves (Self)
- 2006The Way Back Home (Maude)
- 2006No. 2 (Nanna Maria)
- 2005Iconoclasts (Self)
- 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God (Nanny)
- 2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (Self)
- 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years ((archive footage))
- 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (Self)
- 2002Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (Narrator)
- 2001Taking Back Our Town (Emelda West)
- 2001Feast of All Saints (Elsie Claviere)
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Mary Wilson)
- 2000Finding Buck McHenry (Mrs. Henry)
- 2000A Storm in Summer (Grandmother)
- 1999The Unfinished Journey (Narrator (voice))
- 1999Little Bill
- 1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany)
- 1999Baby Geniuses (Margo)
- 1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (Self)
- 1999Passing Glory (Mommit Porter)
- 1998A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (Narrator)
- 1998Christianity: The First 1000 Years (Herself - Narrator)
- 1998The Wall (Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge"))
- 1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (Self)
- 1997A Simple Wish (Hortence)
- 1997Sports on the Silver Screen (Self (archive footage))
- 1996Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (Indigo)
- 1996Mr. and Mrs. Loving (Sophia)
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Grandma (voice))
- 1995Just Cause (Evangeline Ferguson)
- 1995Tuesday Morning Ride (Jennie)
- 1994Touched by an Angel (LaBelle Springbelt)
- 1994Whitewash (Grandmother (voice))
- 1994The Stand (Mother Abagail Freemantle)
- 1993After Goodbye (Narrator)
- 1993Cop & ½ (Rachel)
- 1993The Ernest Green Story (Lydia Wilson)
- 1992Middle Ages (Estelle Williams)
- 1992Color Adjustment (Narrator)
- 1991Jazztime Tale (Narrator (voice))
- 1991Jungle Fever (Lucinda Purify)
- 1990Decoration Day (Rowena)
- 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (Jackie's Mother)
- 1990Love at Large (Corrine Dart)
- 1990Zora is My Name! (Zora Neale Hurston)
- 1989Making 'Do the Right Thing' (Self)
- 1989Õige asja eest (Mother Sister)
- 1988American Experience (Narrator (voice))
- 1988China Beach
- 1988Lincoln (Elizabeth Keckley)
- 1985Spenser: For Hire
- 1985The Golden Girls (Mammy Watkins)
- 1985The Atlanta Child Murders (Faye Williams)
- 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain (Mrs. Grimes)
- 1983Reading Rainbow (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 1982Long Day's Journey Into Night (Mary Tyrone)
- 1982Cat People (Female)
- 1982American Playhouse (Mrs. Grimes)
- 1982American Playhouse (Zora Neale Hurston)
- 1980All God's Children (Irene Whitfield)
- 1980The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
- 1979I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Grandmother Baxter)
- 1979Roots: The Next Generations (Queen Haley)
- 1978The Kennedy Center Honors (Self)
- 1976Countdown at Kusini (Leah Matanzima)
- 1974Police Woman
- 1974Wedding Band (Julia Augustine)
- 1974It's Good to Be Alive (Ruth Campanella)
- 1973Chelsea D.H.O. (Dr. Bianca Pearson)
- 1972Black Girl (Netta's mother)
- 1972Buck and the Preacher (Ruth)
- 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters)
- 1972On Merit (Narrator (voice))
- 1971The Sheriff (Sue Ann Lucas)
- 1971Great Performances (Self)
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (Self (archive footage))
- 1969Deadlock (Lucinda)
- 1968Uptight (Laurie)
- 1968The Dick Cavett Show (Self - Guest)
- 1967The Incident (Joan Robinson)
- 1967Now is the Time (Self)
- 1966Neighbours (Vicky Kingsbury)
- 1963The Great Adventure (Harriet Tubman)
- 1963The Fugitive (Laura Smith)
- 1963Gone Are the Days! (Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins)
- 1963The Balcony (Thief)
- 1961The Defenders (Catherine Collins)
- 1961A Raisin in the Sun (Ruth Younger)
- 1959Take a Giant Step (Christine)
- 1959Virgin Island (Ruth)
- 1958St. Louis Blues (Elizabeth)
- 1957Edge of the City (Lucy Tyler)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Vicky Kingsbury)
- 1954Go Man Go (Irma Jackson)
- 1953The Oscars (Self)
- 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (Rowena Finch)
- 1951The Tall Target (Rachel)
- 1950No Way Out (Connie Brooks (uncredited))
- 1950The Jackie Robinson Story (Rae Robinson)
- 1948The Fight Never Ends
- 1948What a Guy
- 1947Easy to Get (Drugstore Girl)
- 1946Love in Syncopation
- 1946That Man of Mine (Joan)