Ruby Dee
Acting
Born 1922-10-27 · 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).
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee
Sep 25, 2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Jun 22, 2014
Betty and Coretta
Feb 2, 2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Feb 1, 2013
A Thousand Words
Mar 7, 2012
Video Girl
Oct 11, 2011
Politics of Love
Aug 26, 2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Aug 5, 2011
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Jul 22, 2009
America
Feb 28, 2009
Steam
Nov 15, 2007
American Gangster
Nov 2, 2007
All About Us
Oct 1, 2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Sep 15, 2007
Discovering William Greaves
Dec 6, 2006
The Way Back Home
Apr 1, 2006
No. 2
Feb 16, 2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Mar 6, 2005
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Feb 25, 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Jan 1, 2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Feb 10, 2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Jun 14, 2002
Taking Back Our Town
Dec 10, 2001
Feast of All Saints
Nov 11, 2001
Finding Buck McHenry
Apr 16, 2000
A Storm in Summer
Jan 18, 2000
The Unfinished Journey
Dec 31, 1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Apr 18, 1999
Baby Geniuses
Mar 12, 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Feb 24, 1999