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Ruby Dee
Known for: ActingRuby 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).
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American Gangster
as Mama Lucas 
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle 
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall 
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister 
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify 
Cat People
as Female 
Cop & ½
as Rachel 
Baby Geniuses
as Margo 
A Simple Wish
as Hortence 
The Incident
as Joan Robinson 
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson 
Buck and the Preacher
as Ruth 
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger 
Uptight
as Laurie 
Edge of the City
as Lucy Tyler 
Taking Back Our Town
as Emelda West 
All About Us
as Ms. Ella 
A Storm in Summer
as Grandmother 
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Indigo 
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Mrs. Grimes 
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother 
America
as Mrs. Harper 
Whitewash
as Grandmother (voice) 
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Rae Robinson 
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage) 
Love at Large
as Corrine Dart 
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
as Sophia 
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy 
Video Girl
as Valerie 
Betty and Coretta
as Narrator 
The Way Back Home
as Maude 
Color Adjustment
as Narrator 
Passing Glory
as Mommit Porter 
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany 
Steam
as Doris 
Black Girl
as Netta's mother 
Take a Giant Step
as Christine 
The Balcony
as Thief 
St. Louis Blues
as Elizabeth 
It's Good to Be Alive
as Ruth Campanella 
Decoration Day
as Rowena 
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas 
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson 