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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-10-27 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Ruby Dee

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).

Known For

Acting

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)

2014

2013

Betty and Coretta as Narrator

2012

A Thousand Words as Annie McCall

2011

Video Girl as Valerie

2009

America as Mrs. Harper

2007

American Gangster as Mama Lucas
Steam as Doris
All About Us as Ms. Ella

2006

No. 2 as Nanna Maria

2005

Iconoclasts as Self

2004

2003

2002

2001

Feast of All Saints as Elsie Claviere
Taking Back Our Town as Emelda West

2000

Finding Buck McHenry as Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer as Grandmother

1999

Passing Glory as Mommit Porter
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses as Margo
The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)

1998

The Wall as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

1997

A Simple Wish as Hortence
Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1996

1995

Just Cause as Evangeline Ferguson

1994

Whitewash as Grandmother (voice)
The Stand as Mother Abagail Freemantle
The Stand as Mother Abagail Freemantle
Touched by an Angel as LaBelle Springbelt

1993

Cop & ½ as Rachel
After Goodbye as Narrator
The Ernest Green Story as Lydia Wilson

1992

Color Adjustment as Narrator
Middle Ages as Estelle Williams

1991

Jungle Fever as Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale as Narrator (voice)

1990

Love at Large as Corrine Dart
Decoration Day as Rowena
Zora is My Name! as Zora Neale Hurston

1989

Do the Right Thing as Mother Sister

1988

Lincoln as Elizabeth Keckley
American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1985

The Golden Girls as Mammy Watkins
The Atlanta Child Murders as Faye Williams

1983

Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)

1982

Cat People as Female

1980

All God's Children as Irene Whitfield

1979

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Grandmother Baxter
Roots: The Next Generations as Queen Victoria Haley

1978

1976

Countdown at Kusini as Leah Matanzima

1974

It's Good to Be Alive as Ruth Campanella
Wedding Band as Julia Augustine

1972

Black Girl as Netta's mother
To Be Young, Gifted and Black as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
On Merit as Narrator (voice)

1971

The Sheriff as Sue Ann Lucas

1970

1969

Deadlock as Lucinda

1968

Uptight as Laurie
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

The Incident as Joan Robinson

1966

Neighbours as Vicky Kingsbury

1963

Gone Are the Days! as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony as Thief
The Great Adventure as Harriet Tubman
The Fugitive as Laura Smith

1961

A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger
The Defenders as Catherine Collins

1959

Take a Giant Step as Christine

1958

St. Louis Blues as Elizabeth

1957

Edge of the City as Lucy Tyler

1954

Go Man Go as Irma Jackson

1951

The Tall Target as Rachel
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rowena Finch

1950

No Way Out as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

1948

1947

Easy to Get as Drugstore Girl

1946

Writing

1968

Uptight as Writer

Sound