Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee was a american actress and screenwriter, known for Betty and Coretta (2013), A Thousand Words (2012) and Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2012). She died June 11, 2014. She became 91 years old.
Ruby Dee
- Name: Ruby Dee
- Age: 91 years
- Height: 158 cm
- Birth Date: October 27, 1922
- Birth Name: Ruby Ann Wallace
- Birth Region: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Death Date: June 11, 2014
- Death Region: New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Nationality: American
Ruby Dee's filmography
Actor
Ruby is listed as actress for fifty titles.
Betty and Coretta
Narrator
Movie, 2013
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
Movie, 2012
American Gangster Original Theatrical Film
Mama Lucas
Movie, 2007
All About Us
Ms. Ella
Movie, 2007
Naming Number Two
Nanna Maria
Movie, 2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
Movie, 2005
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Movie, 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie, 2003
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
Movie, 2001
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
Movie, 2001
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry
Movie, 2000
Passing Glory
Mommit Porter
Movie, 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Movie, 1999
Having Our Say
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Movie, 1999
A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
Movie, 1998
A Simple Wish
Hortence
Movie, 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Movie, 1997
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo
Movie, 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia
Movie, 1996
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
Movie, 1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
Movie, 1995
Cop & ½
Rachel
Movie, 1993
The Ernest Green Story
Mrs. Lydia Wilson
Movie, 1993
Color Adjustment
Narrator
Movie, 1992
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
Movie, 1991
Jazztime Tale
Narrator
Movie, 1991
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother
Movie, 1990
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
Movie, 1990
Zora Is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
Movie, 1990
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
Movie, 1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Movie, 1989
Cat People
Female
Movie, 1982
The Torture of Mothers
Movie, 1980
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baker
Movie, 1979
Cool Red
Leah Matanzima
Movie, 1976
The Fight
Ruth Campanella
Movie, 1974
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
Movie, 1972
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Movie, 1972
Uptight
Laurie
Movie, 1968
Purlie Victorious
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Movie, 1963
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
Movie, 1961
Take a Giant Step
Christine
Movie, 1959
Our Virgin Island
Ruth
Movie, 1958
Go Man Go
Irma Jackson
Movie, 1954
The Tall Target
Rachel
Movie, 1951
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
Movie, 1950
That Man of Mine
Joan
Movie, 1946
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Screenwriter
Ruby is listed as screenwriter for one title.
Uptight
Movie, 1968
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