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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).
Filmography 46
American Gangster
+11
as Mama Lucas 
The Stand
+1
as Mother Abagail Freemantle 
Do the Right Thing
+5
as Mother Sister 
Jungle Fever
+2
as Lucinda Purify 
A Thousand Words
+4
as Annie McCall 
Cat People
+4
as Female 
Just Cause
+3
as Evangeline Ferguson 
Baby Geniuses
+6
as Margo 
A Simple Wish
+3
as Hortence 
Buck and the Preacher
+6
as Ruth 
A Raisin in the Sun
+4
as Ruth Younger 
Edge of the City
+3
as Lucy Tyler 
Cop & ½
+2
as Rachel 
The Incident
as Joan Robinson 
Taking Back Our Town
+3
as Emelda West 
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Indigo 
All About Us
+13
as Ms. Ella 
A Storm in Summer
as Grandmother 
Go Tell It on the Mountain
+1
as Mrs. Grimes 
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother 
America
+2
as Mrs. Harper 
The Jackie Robinson Story
+32
as Rae Robinson 
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
+7
as (archive footage) 
Uptight
+2
as Laurie 
Passing Glory
as Mommit Porter 
Love at Large
+3
as Corrine Dart 
Whitewash
+3
as Grandmother (voice) 
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
+7
as Sophia 
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Miss Candy 
Video Girl
+3
as Valerie 
Betty and Coretta
+4
as Narrator 
The Way Back Home
+7
as Maude 
Steam
as Doris 
Color Adjustment
as Narrator 
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
+4
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany 
Black Girl
as Netta's mother 
Take a Giant Step
+1
as Christine 
The Balcony
as Thief 
St. Louis Blues
+2
as Elizabeth 
It's Good to Be Alive
+6
as Ruth Campanella 
Decoration Day
+7
as Rowena 
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas 
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson