person

Ruby Dee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-10-27

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).

Also Known For

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Do the Right Thing

Jun 14, 1989

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63

Jungle Fever

Jun 07, 1991

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75

American Gangster

Nov 02, 2007

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35

America

Feb 28, 2009

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60

Cat People

Apr 02, 1982

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49

Love at Large

Mar 09, 1990

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NA

Jazztime Tale

Nov 02, 1991

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62

Just Cause

Feb 17, 1995

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44

Cop & ½

Apr 02, 1993

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62

Buck and the Preacher

Mar 17, 1972

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60

No. 2

Feb 16, 2006

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67

The Tall Target

Aug 17, 1951

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71

Edge of the City

Jan 04, 1957

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77

A Raisin in the Sun

May 28, 1961

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64

The Jackie Robinson Story

May 16, 1950

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73

The Incident

Nov 05, 1967

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55

A Simple Wish

Jul 11, 1997

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47

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Feb 10, 2003

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55

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Mar 06, 2005

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33

Politics of Love

Aug 26, 2011

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46

Feast of All Saints

Nov 11, 2001

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61

Black Girl

Nov 09, 1972

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63

Video Girl

Oct 11, 2011

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70

Decoration Day

Dec 02, 1990

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65

Uptight

Dec 28, 1968

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NA

Finding Buck McHenry

Apr 16, 2000

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56

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Mar 13, 1996

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66

It's Good to Be Alive

Feb 22, 1974

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58

A Storm in Summer

Jan 18, 2000

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100

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Feb 01, 2013

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71

Betty and Coretta

Feb 02, 2013

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31

Steam

Nov 15, 2007

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42

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Apr 28, 1979

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50

Virgin Island

Aug 07, 1959

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52

Take a Giant Step

Dec 01, 1959

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63

Tuesday Morning Ride

Jan 01, 1995

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67

Gone Are the Days!

Aug 09, 1963

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NA

After Goodbye

Jun 23, 1993

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100

Sports on the Silver Screen

Mar 16, 1997

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NA

That Man of Mine

Jan 01, 1946

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NA

Deadlock

Feb 22, 1969

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60

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Nov 23, 1982

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73

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

Jul 22, 2009

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58

Passing Glory

Feb 21, 1999

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57

The Wall

May 24, 1998

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Countdown at Kusini

Apr 16, 1976

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60

Whitewash

Aug 16, 1994

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10

Taking Back Our Town

Dec 10, 2001

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70

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Oct 15, 1990

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A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

Dec 07, 1998

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75

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Apr 18, 1999

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NA

Neighbours

Jan 15, 1966

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69

No Way Out

Aug 16, 1950

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38

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Apr 14, 1996

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70

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Mar 24, 1970

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NA

Love in Syncopation

Aug 03, 1946

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NA

The Fight Never Ends

Mar 06, 1948

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NA

What a Guy

Jan 01, 1948

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NA

Wedding Band

Apr 24, 1974

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54

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Aug 05, 2011

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67

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Nov 03, 1989

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65

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

Sep 15, 2007

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40

All God's Children

Apr 28, 1980

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64

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Jan 14, 1985

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NA

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Feb 25, 2004

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69

The Ernest Green Story

Jan 17, 1993

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61

A Thousand Words

Mar 07, 2012

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NA

Zora is My Name!

Jan 01, 1990

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40

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Jan 01, 2004

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78

St. Louis Blues

Apr 07, 1958

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52

The Balcony

Mar 21, 1963

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NA

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Jun 14, 2002

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69

Color Adjustment

Jan 29, 1992

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57

Go Man Go

Jan 27, 1954

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70

Discovering William Greaves

Dec 06, 2006

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41

Baby Geniuses

Mar 12, 1999

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NA

Poitier's Walter Lee

Sep 25, 2018

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50

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Jan 20, 1972

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60

The Sheriff

Mar 30, 1971

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15

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Jun 22, 2014

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NA

On Merit

Jan 01, 1972

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60

The Unfinished Journey

Dec 31, 1999

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NA

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

Jan 31, 2007

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NA

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Feb 24, 1999

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NA

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

Jan 01, 1980

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44

All About Us

Oct 01, 2007

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NA

Easy to Get

Jul 10, 1947

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NA

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Feb 10, 1998

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66

Spenser: For Hire

Sep 20, 1985

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76

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Oct 06, 2000

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NA

The Great Adventure

Sep 27, 1963

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75

The Golden Girls

Sep 14, 1985

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73

China Beach

Apr 26, 1988

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66

Little Bill

Nov 28, 1999

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85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dec 24, 1951

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68

The Stand

May 08, 1994

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62

Police Woman

Sep 13, 1974

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72

The Fugitive

Sep 17, 1963

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74

Roots: The Next Generations

Feb 18, 1979

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60

Iconoclasts

Nov 17, 2005

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60

Middle Ages

Sep 03, 1992

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62

The Defenders

Sep 16, 1961

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74

The Kennedy Center Honors

Dec 28, 1978

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72

Lincoln

Mar 27, 1988

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83

Reading Rainbow

Jun 06, 1983

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74

American Experience

Oct 04, 1988

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NA

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

Nov 29, 1998

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60

The Atlanta Child Murders

Feb 10, 1985

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60

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Mar 12, 1995

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68

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 06, 1968

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60

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Jun 01, 2002

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72

Touched by an Angel

Sep 21, 1994

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55

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971