Ruby Dee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-10-27

Day of death

2014-06-11 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Ruby Dee

Biography

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).

Known For

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • American Gangster

    American Gangster

  • Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

  • The Stand

    The Stand

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

  • The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

  • The Jackie Robinson Story

    The Jackie Robinson Story

  • A Simple Wish

    A Simple Wish

  • A Thousand Words

    A Thousand Words

  • No Way Out

    No Way Out

  • The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

  • Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

  • Baby Geniuses

    Baby Geniuses

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

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

  • Little Bill

    Little Bill

  • The Incident

    The Incident

  • Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

  • The Atlanta Child Murders

    The Atlanta Child Murders

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

  • Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

  • Just Cause

    Just Cause

  • Cop & ½

    Cop & ½

  • Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • Jungle Fever

    Jungle Fever

  • Cat People

    Cat People

  • Betty and Coretta

    Betty and Coretta

  • Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale

  • Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

  • The Tall Target

    The Tall Target

  • Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

  • No. 2

    No. 2

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

  • Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

  • Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    Making 'Do the Right Thing'

  • All About Us

    All About Us

  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

  • Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

  • Uptight

    Uptight

  • Love at Large

    Love at Large

  • The Balcony

    The Balcony

  • The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

  • The Wall

    The Wall

  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

  • Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

  • All God's Children

    All God's Children

  • Taking Back Our Town

    Taking Back Our Town

  • The Sheriff

    The Sheriff

  • Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Tuesday Morning Ride

    Tuesday Morning Ride

  • Middle Ages

    Middle Ages

  • Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

  • Steam

    Steam

  • Wedding Band

    Wedding Band

  • Passing Glory

    Passing Glory

  • The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

  • Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

  • It's Good to Be Alive

    It's Good to Be Alive

  • Decoration Day

    Decoration Day

  • Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

  • Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    Mr. and Mrs. Loving

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

  • St. Louis Blues

    St. Louis Blues

  • Christianity: The First 1000 Years

    Christianity: The First 1000 Years

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

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

  • Take a Giant Step

    Take a Giant Step

  • Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

  • Politics of Love

    Politics of Love

  • Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

    Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  • Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

  • Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

  • America

    America

  • The Fight Never Ends

    The Fight Never Ends

  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • Whitewash

    Whitewash

  • Black Girl

    Black Girl

  • That Man of Mine

    That Man of Mine

  • Video Girl

    Video Girl

  • Neighbours

    Neighbours

  • Gone Are the Days!

    Gone Are the Days!

  • What a Guy

    What a Guy

  • Love in Syncopation

    Love in Syncopation

  • After Goodbye

    After Goodbye

  • Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

  • Easy to Get

    Easy to Get

  • A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

  • Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

  • On Merit

    On Merit

  • Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

  • Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

  • Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

    Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'