Ruby Dee
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).
Do the Right Thing
7.7 /10
Jungle Fever
6.4 /10
American Gangster
7.6 /10
America
3.5 /10
Cat People
6.1 /10
Love at Large
4.8 /10
Jazztime Tale
0.0 /10
Just Cause
6.2 /10
Cop & ½
4.5 /10
Buck and the Preacher
6.2 /10
No. 2
6.0 /10
The Tall Target
6.8 /10
Edge of the City
7.1 /10
A Raisin in the Sun
7.7 /10
The Jackie Robinson Story
6.4 /10
The Incident
7.3 /10
A Simple Wish
5.5 /10
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.8 /10
Politics of Love
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Feast of All Saints
4.6 /10
Black Girl
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Video Girl
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Decoration Day
7.3 /10
Uptight
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Finding Buck McHenry
0.0 /10
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
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It's Good to Be Alive
6.6 /10
A Storm in Summer
5.8 /10
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10.0 /10
Betty and Coretta
7.2 /10
Steam
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4.2 /10
Virgin Island
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Take a Giant Step
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Tuesday Morning Ride
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Gone Are the Days!
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After Goodbye
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That Man of Mine
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Deadlock
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
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A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
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Passing Glory
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The Wall
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Countdown at Kusini
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Whitewash
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Taking Back Our Town
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
8.0 /10
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.5 /10
No Way Out
6.9 /10
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3 /10
Love in Syncopation
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The Fight Never Ends
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What a Guy
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Wedding Band
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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
5.4 /10
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.5 /10
All God's Children
4.0 /10
Go Tell It on the Mountain
5.0 /10
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
0.0 /10
The Ernest Green Story
6.9 /10
A Thousand Words
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Zora is My Name!
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4.0 /10
St. Louis Blues
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The Balcony
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Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
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Color Adjustment
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Go Man Go
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Discovering William Greaves
7.0 /10
Baby Geniuses
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Poitier's Walter Lee
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5.0 /10
The Sheriff
6.0 /10
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
0.0 /10
All About Us
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Easy to Get
0.0 /10
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
0.0 /10
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6 /10
Spenser: For Hire
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The Great Adventure
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The Golden Girls
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China Beach
7.3 /10
Little Bill
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7 /10
The Stand
6.8 /10
Police Woman
6.2 /10
The Fugitive
7.2 /10
Roots: The Next Generations
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Iconoclasts
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Middle Ages
6.0 /10
The Defenders
6.2 /10
The Kennedy Center Honors
7.3 /10
Lincoln
7.2 /10
Reading Rainbow
8.4 /10
American Experience
7.5 /10
The Atlanta Child Murders
5.9 /10
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6.0 /10
The Dick Cavett Show
6.6 /10
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
6.0 /10
Touched by an Angel
7.2 /10
Great Performances
5.4 /10