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Ruby Dee

Also Known As: Ruby Ann Wallace

Date of Birth:

1922.10.27

Place of Birth:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Known for department:

Acting

Social Media:

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Known For:

Do the Right Thing

1989-06-14

Do the Right Thing

Vote average:

7.75

Vote Count:

1850

Popularity:

2.75

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mother Sister

Jungle Fever

1991-06-07

Jungle Fever

Vote average:

6.38

Vote Count:

298

Popularity:

1.86

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lucinda Purify

American Gangster

2007-11-02

American Gangster

Vote average:

7.59

Vote Count:

5648

Popularity:

7.07

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mama Lucas

America

2009-02-28

America

Vote average:

3.50

Vote Count:

2

Popularity:

0.51

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mrs. Harper

Cat People

1982-04-02

Cat People

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

525

Popularity:

1.83

Media Type:

movie

character:

Female

Love at Large

1990-03-09

Love at Large

Vote average:

4.90

Vote Count:

28

Popularity:

0.88

Media Type:

movie

character:

Corrine Dart

Jazztime Tale

1991-11-02

Jazztime Tale

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.16

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator (voice)

Just Cause

1995-02-17

Just Cause

Vote average:

6.23

Vote Count:

578

Popularity:

1.43

Media Type:

movie

character:

Evangeline Ferguson

Cop & ½

1993-04-02

Cop & ½

Vote average:

4.46

Vote Count:

150

Popularity:

0.67

Media Type:

movie

character:

Rachel

Buck and the Preacher

1972-03-17

Buck and the Preacher

Vote average:

6.20

Vote Count:

58

Popularity:

1.34

Media Type:

movie

character:

Ruth

No. 2

2006-02-16

No. 2

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.54

Media Type:

movie

character:

Nanna Maria

The Tall Target

1951-08-17

The Tall Target

Vote average:

6.79

Vote Count:

40

Popularity:

0.74

Media Type:

movie

character:

Rachel

Edge of the City

1957-01-04

Edge of the City

Vote average:

7.09

Vote Count:

58

Popularity:

0.59

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lucy Tyler

A Raisin in the Sun

1961-05-28

A Raisin in the Sun

Vote average:

7.70

Vote Count:

134

Popularity:

1.07

Media Type:

movie

character:

Ruth Younger

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950-05-16

The Jackie Robinson Story

Vote average:

6.40

Vote Count:

18

Popularity:

2.62

Media Type:

movie

character:

Rae Robinson

The Incident

1967-11-05

The Incident

Vote average:

7.33

Vote Count:

77

Popularity:

0.64

Media Type:

movie

character:

Joan Robinson

A Simple Wish

1997-07-11

A Simple Wish

Vote average:

5.50

Vote Count:

167

Popularity:

1.33

Media Type:

movie

character:

Hortence

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003-02-10

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Vote average:

4.79

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

0.74

Media Type:

movie

character:

Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005-03-06

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Vote average:

5.54

Vote Count:

34

Popularity:

0.59

Media Type:

movie

character:

Nanny

Politics of Love

2011-08-26

Politics of Love

Vote average:

3.33

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.29

Media Type:

movie

character:

Feast of All Saints

2001-11-11

Feast of All Saints

Vote average:

4.65

Vote Count:

10

Popularity:

0.33

Media Type:

movie

character:

Elsie Claviere

Black Girl

1972-11-09

Black Girl

Vote average:

6.14

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

0.38

Media Type:

movie

character:

Netta's mother

Video Girl

2011-10-11

Video Girl

Vote average:

6.30

Vote Count:

16

Popularity:

0.53

Media Type:

movie

character:

Valerie

Decoration Day

1990-12-02

Decoration Day

Vote average:

7.00

Vote Count:

8

Popularity:

0.62

Media Type:

movie

character:

Rowena

Uptight

1968-12-28

Uptight

Vote average:

6.50

Vote Count:

14

Popularity:

0.91

Media Type:

movie

character:

Laurie

Finding Buck McHenry

2000-04-16

Finding Buck McHenry

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.21

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mrs. Henry

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996-03-13

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Vote average:

5.60

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

0.31

Media Type:

movie

character:

Sophia

It's Good to Be Alive

1974-02-22

It's Good to Be Alive

Vote average:

6.60

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.28

Media Type:

movie

character:

Ruth Campanella

A Storm in Summer

2000-01-18

A Storm in Summer

Vote average:

5.80

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.28

Media Type:

movie

character:

Grandmother

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013-02-01

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Vote average:

10.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.32

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

Betty and Coretta

2013-02-02

Betty and Coretta

Vote average:

7.17

Vote Count:

12

Popularity:

0.39

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator

Steam

2007-11-15

Steam

Vote average:

3.10

Vote Count:

5

Popularity:

0.39

Media Type:

movie

character:

Doris

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979-04-28

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Vote average:

4.20

Vote Count:

8

Popularity:

0.32

Media Type:

movie

character:

Grandmother Baxter

Virgin Island

1959-08-07

Virgin Island

Vote average:

5.00

Vote Count:

2

Popularity:

0.45

Media Type:

movie

character:

Ruth

Take a Giant Step

1959-12-01

Take a Giant Step

Vote average:

5.20

Vote Count:

6

Popularity:

0.36

Media Type:

movie

character:

Christine

Tuesday Morning Ride

1995-01-01

Tuesday Morning Ride

Vote average:

6.30

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.31

Media Type:

movie

character:

Jennie

Gone Are the Days!

1963-08-09

Gone Are the Days!

Vote average:

6.70

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.26

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

After Goodbye

1993-06-23

After Goodbye

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.15

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997-03-16

No image available

Vote average:

10.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.37

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self (archive footage)

That Man of Mine

1946-01-01

That Man of Mine

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.10

Media Type:

movie

character:

Joan

Deadlock

1969-02-22

Deadlock

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.32

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lucinda

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1982-11-23

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.14

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mary Tyrone

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

2009-07-22

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

Vote average:

7.30

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.13

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator (voice)

Passing Glory

1999-02-21

Passing Glory

Vote average:

5.80

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.20

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mommit Porter

The Wall

1998-05-24

The Wall

Vote average:

5.70

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.47

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

Countdown at Kusini

1976-04-16

Countdown at Kusini

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.14

Media Type:

movie

character:

Leah Matanzima

Whitewash

1994-08-16

Whitewash

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.27

Media Type:

movie

character:

Grandmother (voice)

Taking Back Our Town

2001-12-10

Taking Back Our Town

Vote average:

1.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.31

Media Type:

movie

character:

Emelda West

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990-10-15

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Vote average:

7.00

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.38

Media Type:

movie

character:

Jackie's Mother

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

1998-12-07

No image available

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.06

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999-04-18

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Vote average:

7.50

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.30

Media Type:

movie

character:

Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Neighbours

1966-01-15

No image available

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.24

Media Type:

movie

character:

Vicky Kingsbury

No Way Out

1950-08-16

No Way Out

Vote average:

6.92

Vote Count:

98

Popularity:

1.06

Media Type:

movie

character:

Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996-04-14

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Vote average:

3.83

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.49

Media Type:

movie

character:

Indigo

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970-03-24

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Vote average:

7.09

Vote Count:

11

Popularity:

0.58

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self (archive footage)

Love in Syncopation

1946-08-03

Love in Syncopation

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.07

Media Type:

movie

character:

The Fight Never Ends

1948-03-06

The Fight Never Ends

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.10

Media Type:

movie

character:

What a Guy

1948-01-01

What a Guy

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.15

Media Type:

movie

character:

Wedding Band

1974-04-24

Wedding Band

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.25

Media Type:

movie

character:

Julia Augustine

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

2011-08-05

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Vote average:

5.40

Vote Count:

6

Popularity:

0.56

Media Type:

movie

character:

Miss Candy

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989-11-03

No image available

Vote average:

6.71

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

0.39

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

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

2007-09-15

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

Vote average:

6.50

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.31

Media Type:

movie

character:

Herself

All God's Children

1980-04-28

All God's Children

Vote average:

4.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.17

Media Type:

movie

character:

Irene Whitfield

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1985-01-14

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Vote average:

6.43

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

1.07

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mrs. Grimes

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004-02-25

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

1.30

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

The Ernest Green Story

1993-01-17

The Ernest Green Story

Vote average:

6.90

Vote Count:

6

Popularity:

0.58

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lydia Wilson

A Thousand Words

2012-03-07

A Thousand Words

Vote average:

6.09

Vote Count:

1346

Popularity:

3.21

Media Type:

movie

character:

Annie McCall

Zora is My Name!

1990-01-01

Zora is My Name!

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.37

Media Type:

movie

character:

Zora Neale Hurston

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004-01-01

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Vote average:

4.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.44

Media Type:

movie

character:

(archive footage)

St. Louis Blues

1958-04-07

St. Louis Blues

Vote average:

7.80

Vote Count:

4

Popularity:

0.33

Media Type:

movie

character:

Elizabeth

The Balcony

1963-03-21

The Balcony

Vote average:

5.20

Vote Count:

16

Popularity:

0.59

Media Type:

movie

character:

Thief

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002-06-14

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.16

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

Color Adjustment

1992-01-29

Color Adjustment

Vote average:

6.91

Vote Count:

11

Popularity:

0.37

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator

Go Man Go

1954-01-27

Go Man Go

Vote average:

5.70

Vote Count:

3

Popularity:

0.25

Media Type:

movie

character:

Irma Jackson

Discovering William Greaves

2006-12-06

Discovering William Greaves

Vote average:

7.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.07

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

Baby Geniuses

1999-03-12

Baby Geniuses

Vote average:

4.10

Vote Count:

387

Popularity:

1.70

Media Type:

movie

character:

Margo

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018-09-25

Poitier's Walter Lee

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.21

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self (archive footage)

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972-01-20

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Vote average:

5.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.24

Media Type:

movie

character:

Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

The Sheriff

1971-03-30

The Sheriff

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

5

Popularity:

0.80

Media Type:

movie

character:

Sue Ann Lucas

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014-06-22

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Vote average:

1.50

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

0.35

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

On Merit

1972-01-01

No image available

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.19

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator (voice)

The Unfinished Journey

1999-12-31

No image available

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

2

Popularity:

0.91

Media Type:

movie

character:

Narrator (voice)

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

2007-01-31

No image available

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.13

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999-02-24

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.29

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

1980-01-01

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

1.06

Media Type:

movie

character:

All About Us

2007-10-01

All About Us

Vote average:

4.40

Vote Count:

6

Popularity:

2.61

Media Type:

movie

character:

Ms. Ella

Easy to Get

1947-07-10

Easy to Get

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.19

Media Type:

movie

character:

Drugstore Girl

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998-02-10

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.26

Media Type:

movie

character:

Self

The Stand

1994-05-08

The Stand

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.28

Media Type:

movie

character:

Mother Abagail Freemantle

Spenser: For Hire

1985-09-20

Spenser: For Hire

Vote average:

6.70

Vote Count:

30

Popularity:

69.18

Media Type:

tv

character:

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000-10-06

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Vote average:

7.64

Vote Count:

1301

Popularity:

155.21

Media Type:

tv

character:

Mary Wilson

The Great Adventure

1963-09-27

The Great Adventure

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

16.85

Media Type:

tv

character:

Harriet Tubman

The Golden Girls

1985-09-14

The Golden Girls

Vote average:

7.54

Vote Count:

353

Popularity:

109.86

Media Type:

tv

character:

Mammy Watkins

China Beach

1988-04-26

China Beach

Vote average:

7.39

Vote Count:

32

Popularity:

6.67

Media Type:

tv

character:

Little Bill

1999-11-28

Little Bill

Vote average:

6.60

Vote Count:

21

Popularity:

18.68

Media Type:

tv

character:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Vote average:

8.57

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

8.61

Media Type:

tv

character:

Rowena Finch

The Stand

1994-05-08

The Stand

Vote average:

6.85

Vote Count:

481

Popularity:

20.44

Media Type:

tv

character:

Mother Abagail Freemantle

Police Woman

1974-09-13

Police Woman

Vote average:

6.26

Vote Count:

29

Popularity:

58.74

Media Type:

tv

character:

The Fugitive

1963-09-17

The Fugitive

Vote average:

7.21

Vote Count:

57

Popularity:

30.28

Media Type:

tv

character:

Laura Smith

Roots: The Next Generations

1979-02-18

Roots: The Next Generations

Vote average:

7.47

Vote Count:

32

Popularity:

17.83

Media Type:

tv

character:

Queen Victoria Haley

Iconoclasts

2005-11-17

Iconoclasts

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

13.67

Media Type:

tv

character:

Self

Middle Ages

1992-09-03

Middle Ages

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

0.77

Media Type:

tv

character:

Estelle Williams

The Defenders

1961-09-16

The Defenders

Vote average:

6.20

Vote Count:

9

Popularity:

56.21

Media Type:

tv

character:

Catherine Collins

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

The Kennedy Center Honors

Vote average:

7.40

Vote Count:

7

Popularity:

29.17

Media Type:

tv

character:

Self

Lincoln

1988-03-27

Lincoln

Vote average:

7.22

Vote Count:

9

Popularity:

1.77

Media Type:

tv

character:

Elizabeth Keckley

Reading Rainbow

1983-06-06

Reading Rainbow

Vote average:

8.39

Vote Count:

41

Popularity:

34.33

Media Type:

tv

character:

Herself - Narrator (voice)

American Experience

1988-10-04

American Experience

Vote average:

7.40

Vote Count:

36

Popularity:

111.08

Media Type:

tv

character:

Narrator (voice)

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

1998-11-29

No image available

Vote average:

0.00

Vote Count:

0

Popularity:

4.06

Media Type:

tv

character:

Herself - Narrator

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985-02-10

The Atlanta Child Murders

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

11

Popularity:

4.73

Media Type:

tv

character:

Faye Williams

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

10

Popularity:

27.59

Media Type:

tv

character:

Grandma (voice)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show

Vote average:

6.70

Vote Count:

21

Popularity:

283.62

Media Type:

tv

character:

Self - Guest

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

2002-06-01

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Vote average:

6.00

Vote Count:

1

Popularity:

1.05

Media Type:

tv

character:

Narrator

Touched by an Angel

1994-09-21

Touched by an Angel

Vote average:

7.20

Vote Count:

174

Popularity:

68.30

Media Type:

tv

character:

LaBelle Springbelt

Great Performances

1971-01-28

Great Performances

Vote average:

5.30

Vote Count:

19

Popularity:

122.52

Media Type:

tv

character:

Self

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