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
Do the Right Thing
Jun 14, 1989
Jungle Fever
Jun 07, 1991
American Gangster
Nov 02, 2007
America
Feb 28, 2009
Cat People
Apr 02, 1982
Love at Large
Mar 09, 1990
Jazztime Tale
Nov 02, 1991
Just Cause
Feb 17, 1995
Cop & ½
Apr 02, 1993
Buck and the Preacher
Mar 17, 1972
No. 2
Feb 16, 2006
The Tall Target
Aug 17, 1951
Edge of the City
Jan 04, 1957
A Raisin in the Sun
May 28, 1961
The Jackie Robinson Story
May 16, 1950
The Incident
Nov 05, 1967
A Simple Wish
Jul 11, 1997
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Feb 10, 2003
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Mar 06, 2005
Politics of Love
Aug 26, 2011
Feast of All Saints
Nov 11, 2001
Black Girl
Nov 09, 1972
Video Girl
Oct 11, 2011
Decoration Day
Dec 02, 1990
Uptight
Dec 28, 1968
Finding Buck McHenry
Apr 16, 2000
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Mar 13, 1996
It's Good to Be Alive
Feb 22, 1974
A Storm in Summer
Jan 18, 2000
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Feb 01, 2013
Betty and Coretta
Feb 02, 2013
Steam
Nov 15, 2007
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Apr 28, 1979
Virgin Island
Aug 07, 1959
Take a Giant Step
Dec 01, 1959
Tuesday Morning Ride
Jan 01, 1995
Gone Are the Days!
Aug 09, 1963
After Goodbye
Jun 23, 1993
Sports on the Silver Screen
Mar 16, 1997
That Man of Mine
Jan 01, 1946
Deadlock
Feb 22, 1969
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Nov 23, 1982
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Jul 22, 2009
Passing Glory
Feb 21, 1999
The Wall
May 24, 1998
Countdown at Kusini
Apr 16, 1976
Whitewash
Aug 16, 1994
Taking Back Our Town
Dec 10, 2001
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Oct 15, 1990
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Dec 07, 1998
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Apr 18, 1999
Neighbours
Jan 15, 1966
No Way Out
Aug 16, 1950
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Apr 14, 1996
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Mar 24, 1970
Love in Syncopation
Aug 03, 1946
The Fight Never Ends
Mar 06, 1948
What a Guy
Jan 01, 1948
Wedding Band
Apr 24, 1974
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Aug 05, 2011
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Nov 03, 1989
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Sep 15, 2007
All God's Children
Apr 28, 1980
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Jan 14, 1985
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Feb 25, 2004
The Ernest Green Story
Jan 17, 1993
A Thousand Words
Mar 07, 2012
Zora is My Name!
Jan 01, 1990
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Jan 01, 2004
St. Louis Blues
Apr 07, 1958
The Balcony
Mar 21, 1963
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Jun 14, 2002
Color Adjustment
Jan 29, 1992
Go Man Go
Jan 27, 1954
Discovering William Greaves
Dec 06, 2006
Baby Geniuses
Mar 12, 1999
Poitier's Walter Lee
Sep 25, 2018
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Jan 20, 1972
The Sheriff
Mar 30, 1971
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Jun 22, 2014
On Merit
Jan 01, 1972
The Unfinished Journey
Dec 31, 1999
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Jan 31, 2007
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Feb 24, 1999
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Jan 01, 1980
All About Us
Oct 01, 2007
Easy to Get
Jul 10, 1947
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Feb 10, 1998
Spenser: For Hire
Sep 20, 1985
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
The Great Adventure
Sep 27, 1963
The Golden Girls
Sep 14, 1985
China Beach
Apr 26, 1988
Little Bill
Nov 28, 1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Stand
May 08, 1994
Police Woman
Sep 13, 1974
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
Roots: The Next Generations
Feb 18, 1979
Iconoclasts
Nov 17, 2005
Middle Ages
Sep 03, 1992
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 28, 1978
Lincoln
Mar 27, 1988
Reading Rainbow
Jun 06, 1983
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Nov 29, 1998
The Atlanta Child Murders
Feb 10, 1985
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mar 12, 1995
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Jun 01, 2002
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
