Ruby Dee
b. 1922 — d. 2014 (aged 92)
Cleveland - Ohio - USA
Actress
Writer
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best-known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Dee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 8.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 Self
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★ 6.8
1982
2013 Actress
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★ 6.3
Betty and Coretta
2013 Actress
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★ 7.2
Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
2012 Self
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★ 5.2
Video Girl
2011 Actress
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★ 3.2
Politics of Love
2011 Actress
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★ 5.9
Red & Blue Marbles
2011 Actress
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Sidney Poitier
2011 Self
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★ 6.2
Dream Street
2010 Actress
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★ 8.1
Black Girls Rock
2010 Self
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★ 6.3
America
2009 Actress
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★ 6.4
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
2009 Self
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★ 5.8
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 Actress
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★ 6.0
The New Neighbors
2009 Actress
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★ 3.8
An Evening at the Academy Awards
2008 Self
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★ 7.5
A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story
2008 Self
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★ 6.4
The Making of American Gangster
2008 Self
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The 16th Annual Diversity Awards
2008 Self
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Meet Mary Pleasant
2008 Self
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★ 5.3
Steam
2007 Actress
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★ 4.5
All About Us
2007 Actress
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★ 6.3
Dateline NBC: American Gangster: First Look
2007 Self
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★ 6.5
Naming Number Two
2006 Actress
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★ 5.9
The Way Back Home
2006 Actress
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★ 3.5
The 2006 Black Movie Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.1
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder
2006 Self
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★ 6.3
Lockdown, USA
2006 Actress
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★ 4.1
The Black Movie Awards
2005 Self
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★ 8.5
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
2005 Self
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Character Studies
2005 Self
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★ 6.5
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2004 Self
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A Wealth of Wisdom
2004 Self
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★ 8.0
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 Actress
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★ 8.7
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2003 Self
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2003 Trumpet Awards
2003 Self
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★ 6.6
Baby of the Family
2002 Actress
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★ 6.6
Hughes' Dream Harlem
2002 Self
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Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
2002 Self
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An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
2002 Self
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Broadway Legends
2002 Self
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★ 6.6
The Feast of All Saints
2001 Actress
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★ 5.4
Taking Back Our Town
2001 Actress
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★ 7.3
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2001 Actress
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Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
2001 Actress
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★ 6.9
A Storm in Summer
2000 Actress
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★ 5.9
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 Actress
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★ 2.6
Baby Geniuses
1999 Actress
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★ 6.3
Little Bill
1999 Actress
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★ 5.4
The Unfinished Journey
1999 Actress
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★ 7.7
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 Actress
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★ 6.5
Passing Glory
1999 Actress
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★ 7.6
Shelly Fisher
1999 Actress
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★ 9.3
A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998 Actress
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An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence
1998 Self
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God's Gonna Trouble the Water
1998 Actress
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★ 5.4
A Simple Wish
1997 Actress
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Domestic Differences
1997 Actress
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★ 7.1
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996 Actress
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★ 7.2
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996 Actress
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Mississippi, America
1996 Self
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Stories from the Edge
1996 Actress
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★ 6.4
Just Cause
1995 Actress
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★ 7.2
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 Actress
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Street Gear
1995 Actress
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★ 7.1
The Stand
1994 Actress
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★ 7.5
Whitewash
1994 Actress
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★ 5.9
The Making of Stephen King's the Stand
1994 Self
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★ 6.1
Homeward Bound
1994 Self
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The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery
1994 Self
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★ 4.2
Cop & ½
1993 Actress
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★ 7.3
The Ernest Green Story
1993 Actress
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After Goodbye: An AIDS Story
1993 Actress
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★ 7.4
Color Adjustment
1992 Actress
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★ 6.6
Jungle Fever
1991 Actress
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★ 6.4
Jazztime Tale
1991 Actress
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The 15th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards
1991 Self
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Hands Upon the Heart
1991 Actress
Writer
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★ 5.7
Love at Large
1990 Actress
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★ 7.3
Decoration Day
1990 Actress
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★ 7.0
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 Actress
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★ 7.8
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990 Actress
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★ 7.9
Do the Right Thing
1989 Actress
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★ 7.1
Making Do the Right Thing
1989 Self
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★ 7.0
Lincoln
1988 Actress
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Crown Dick
1987 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 Actress
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The Business of Hunger
1984 Actress
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★ 8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983 Self
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★ 7.9
A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers
1983 Self
Writer
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★ 6.2
Cat People
1982 Actress
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★ 7.9
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982 Actress
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★ 7.3
American Playhouse
1980 Writer
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★ 6.6
All God's Children
1980 Actress
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★ 7.8
Ossie and Ruby!
1980 Actress
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★ 6.8
The Torture of Mothers
1980 Actress
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★ 7.8
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 Actress
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★ 7.1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 Actress
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★ 7.4
Tony Brown's Journal
1978 Self
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★ 5.7
Cool Red
1976 Actress
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★ 6.7
Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection
1976 Self