Ruby Dee
Born October 27, 1922 (Age: 103)
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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).
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).
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Filmography
A Thousand Words
2012
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as Annie McCall
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Age: 89
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007
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as Herself
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Age: 84
Discovering William Greaves
2006
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as Self
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Age: 84
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
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as Self
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Age: 81
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 81
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 79
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
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as Mrs. Henry
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Age: 77
A Storm in Summer
2000
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as Grandmother
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Age: 77
Baby Geniuses
1999
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as Margo
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Age: 76
No Image
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998
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as Narrator
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Age: 76
The Wall
1998
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as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
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Age: 75
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
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as Self
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Age: 75
A Simple Wish
1997
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as Hortence
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Age: 74
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
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as Indigo
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Age: 73
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996
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as Sophia
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Age: 73
Just Cause
1995
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as Evangeline Ferguson
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Age: 72
After Goodbye
1993
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as Narrator
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Age: 70
Cop & ½
1993
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as Rachel
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Age: 70
The Ernest Green Story
1993
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as Lydia Wilson
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Age: 70
Color Adjustment
1992
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
Jazztime Tale
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 69
Jungle Fever
1991
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as Lucinda Purify
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Age: 68
Decoration Day
1990
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as Rowena
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Age: 68
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
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as Jackie's Mother
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Age: 67
Love at Large
1990
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as Corrine Dart
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Age: 67
Zora is My Name!
1990
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as Zora Neale Hurston
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Age: 67
No Image
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
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as Self
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Age: 67
Do the Right Thing
1989
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as Mother Sister
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Age: 66
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982
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as Mary Tyrone
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Age: 60
Cat People
1982
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as Female
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Age: 59
All God's Children
1980
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as Irene Whitfield
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Age: 57
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
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as
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Age: 57
Wedding Band
1974
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as Julia Augustine
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Age: 51
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
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as Ruth Campanella
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Age: 51
No Image
Chelsea D.H.O.
1973
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as Dr. Bianca Pearson
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Age: 50
Black Girl
1972
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as Netta's mother
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Age: 50
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
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as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
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Age: 49
No Image
On Merit
1972
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 49
Deadlock
1969
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as Lucinda
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Age: 46
No Image
Neighbours
1966
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as Vicky Kingsbury
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Age: 43
Gone Are the Days!
1963
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as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
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Age: 40
The Balcony
1963
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as Thief
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Age: 40
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
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as Ruth Younger
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Age: 38
Take a Giant Step
1959
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as Christine
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Age: 37
Virgin Island
1959
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as Ruth
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Age: 36
St. Louis Blues
1958
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 35
Go Man Go
1954
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as Irma Jackson
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Age: 31
No Way Out
1950
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as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
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Age: 27
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
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as Rae Robinson
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Age: 27