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).

Фільмографія

• 2026Love in Exile
• 2013Betty and Coretta — Narrator
• 2012Тисяча слів — Annie McCall
• 2011Politics of Love
• 2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll — Miss Candy
• 2011Video Girl — Valerie
• 2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School — Narrator (voice)
• 2009America — Mrs. Harper
• 2007All About Us — Ms. Ella
• 2007Steam — Doris
• 2007Гангстер — Mama Lucas
• 2006No. 2 — Nanna Maria
• 2006The Way Back Home — Maude
• 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God — Nanny
• 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — (archive footage)
• 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
• Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years — Narrator
• 2001Feast of All Saints — Elsie Claviere
• 2001Taking Back Our Town — Emelda West
• 2000A Storm in Summer — Grandmother
• CSI: Місце злочину — Mary Wilson
• 2000Finding Buck McHenry — Mrs. Henry
• 1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years — Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
• Little Bill
• 1999Passing Glory — Mommit Porter
• 1999The Unfinished Journey — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Геніальні немовлята — Margo
• 1998A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner — Narrator
• 1998The Wall — Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
• 1997Просте бажання — Hortence
• 1996Captive Heart: The James Mink Story — Indigo
• 1996Mr. and Mrs. Loving — Sophia
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Grandma (voice)
• 1995Tuesday Morning Ride — Jennie
• 1995Справедливий суд — Evangeline Ferguson
• Touched by an Angel — LaBelle Springbelt
• 1994Whitewash — Grandmother (voice)
• Протистояння — Mother Abagail Freemantle
• 1993After Goodbye — Narrator
• 1993Cop & ½ — Rachel
• 1993The Ernest Green Story — Lydia Wilson
• 1992Color Adjustment — Narrator
• Middle Ages — Estelle Williams
• 1991Jazztime Tale — Narrator (voice)
• 1991Jungle Fever — Lucinda Purify
• 1990Decoration Day — Rowena
• 1990Love at Large — Corrine Dart
• 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson — Jackie's Mother
• 1990Zora is My Name! — Zora Neale Hurston
• 1989Роби як треба! — Mother Sister
• American Experience — Narrator (voice)
• China Beach
• Lincoln — Elizabeth Keckley
• Spenser: For Hire
• The Atlanta Child Murders — Faye Williams
• The Golden Girls — Mammy Watkins
• 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain — Mrs. Grimes
• 1983Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial — Vocals
• American Playhouse — Mrs. Grimes, Zora Neale Hurston, Writer
• 1982Long Day's Journey Into Night — Mary Tyrone
• 1982Люди-коти — Female
• 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
• Roots: The Next Generations — Queen Haley
• 1976Countdown at Kusini — Leah Matanzima
• 1974It's Good to Be Alive — Ruth Campanella
• Police Woman
• 1974Wedding Band — Julia Augustine
• 1973Chelsea D.H.O. — Dr. Bianca Pearson
• 1972Black Girl — Netta's mother
• 1972Buck and the Preacher — Ruth
• 1972On Merit — Narrator (voice)
• 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black — Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
• 1971The Sheriff — Sue Ann Lucas
• 1969Deadlock — Lucinda
• 1968Uptight — Laurie, Writer
• 1967The Incident — Joan Robinson
• 1966Neighbours — Vicky Kingsbury
• 1963Gone Are the Days! — Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
• 1963The Balcony — Thief
• The Fugitive — Laura Smith
• The Great Adventure — Harriet Tubman
• 1961A Raisin in the Sun — Ruth Younger
• The Defenders — Catherine Collins
• 1959Take a Giant Step — Christine
• 1959Virgin Island — Ruth
• 1958St. Louis Blues — Elizabeth
• 1957Edge of the City — Lucy Tyler
• Armchair Theatre — Vicky Kingsbury
• 1954Go Man Go — Irma Jackson
• Hallmark 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
• The Stand

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (23)

• Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Poitier's Walter Lee — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee — Self
• 2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal — Self
• 2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema — Herself
• 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson — Self
• 2006Discovering William Greaves — Self
• Iconoclasts — Self
• 2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks — Self
• 2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' — Self
• 1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand — Self
• Christianity: The First 1000 Years — Herself - Narrator
• 1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood — Self
• 1997Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
• 1989Making 'Do the Right Thing' — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1967Now is the Time — Self
• Оскар — Self
• Diamonds on the Silver Screen — Self