Person

Ruby Dee

Acting Born 27 Oct 1922 Died 11 Jun 2014 — at 91.621917808219 Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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 (200...

Latest credit Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)

As actor

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Love in Exile MOVIE Watched In progress

Love in Exile

2026 · 30 min

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Poitier's Walter Lee

2018 · 24 min

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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014 · 90 min

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Betty and Coretta

2013 · 90 min

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Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013 · 120 min

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A Thousand Words

2012 · 91 min

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Video Girl

2011 · 95 min

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Politics of Love

2011 · 93 min

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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

2011 · 92 min

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A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

2009 · 56 min

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America

2009 · 90 min

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Steam

2007 · 120 min

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American Gangster

2007 · 157 min

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All About Us

2007 · 90 min

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In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

2007 · 59 min

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson MOVIE Watched In progress

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

2007 · 45 min

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Discovering William Greaves

2006 · 61 min

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The Way Back Home

2006 · 93 min

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No. 2

2006 · 94 min

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005 · 113 min

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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004 · 88 min

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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004 · 100 min

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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003 · 75 min

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Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002 · 27 min

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Taking Back Our Town

2001 · 90 min

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Feast of All Saints

2001 · 213 min

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Finding Buck McHenry

2000 · 94 min

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A Storm in Summer

2000 · 94 min

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The Unfinished Journey

1999 · 21 min

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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999 · 100 min

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Baby Geniuses

1999 · 95 min

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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999 · 90 min

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Passing Glory

1999 · 100 min

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner DOC Watched In progress

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

1998 · 75 min

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The Wall

1998 · 95 min

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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998 · 58 min

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A Simple Wish

1997 · 89 min

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Sports on the Silver Screen

1997 · 85 min

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Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996 · 91 min

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Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996 · 105 min

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Just Cause

1995 · 102 min

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Tuesday Morning Ride

1995 · 35 min

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Whitewash

1994 · 25 min

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After Goodbye

1993 · 60 min

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Cop & ½

1993 · 93 min

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The Ernest Green Story

1993 · 101 min

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Color Adjustment

1992 · 80 min

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Jazztime Tale

1991 · 26 min

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Zora is My Name!

1990 · 90 min

Making 'Do the Right Thing' DOC Watched In progress

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989 · 60 min

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Long Day's Journey Into Night

1982 · 146 min

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All God's Children

1980 · 100 min

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The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

1980 · 52 min

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Countdown at Kusini

1976 · 101 min

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Wedding Band

1974 · 120 min

Chelsea D.H.O. MOVIE Watched In progress

Chelsea D.H.O.

1973 · 60 min

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972 · 85 min

On Merit MOVIE Watched In progress

On Merit

1972 · 23 min

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Deadlock

1969 · 100 min

Now is the Time DOC Watched In progress

Now is the Time

1967

Neighbours MOVIE Watched In progress

Neighbours

1966

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The Fight Never Ends

1948 · 64 min

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What a Guy

1948

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Easy to Get

1947 · 22 min

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Love in Syncopation

1946

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That Man of Mine

1946

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Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

2002 · 366 min

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Little Bill

1999 · 30 min

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Christianity: The First 1000 Years

1998

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The Stand

1994 · 90 min

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Middle Ages

1992 · 60 min

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Lincoln

1988 · 188 min