Ruby Dee
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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TV Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.636
Spenser: For Hire
6.7
The Great Adventure
0
The Golden Girls
7.5
China Beach
7.4
Little Bill
6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
The Stand
6.84
Police Woman
6.2
The Fugitive
7.2
Roots: The Next Generations
7.4
Iconoclasts
6
Middle Ages
6
The Defenders
6.2
The Kennedy Center Honors
7.4
Lincoln
7.222
Reading Rainbow
8.4
American Experience
7.4
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
0
The Atlanta Child Murders
6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6
The Dick Cavett Show
6.7
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
6
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Great Performances
5.3
Movies
Do the Right Thing
7.8
Jungle Fever
6.37
American Gangster
7.591
America
3.5
Cat People
6.042
Love at Large
4.9
Jazztime Tale
0
Just Cause
6.226
Cop & ½
4.457
Buck and the Preacher
6.2
No. 2
6
The Tall Target
6.8
Edge of the City
7.095
A Raisin in the Sun
7.7
The Jackie Robinson Story
6.4
The Incident
7.325
A Simple Wish
5.5
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
5.9
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.8
Politics of Love
3.333
Feast of All Saints
4.65
Black Girl
6.143
Video Girl
6.3
Decoration Day
7
Uptight
6.5
Finding Buck McHenry
0
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
5.6
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
A Storm in Summer
5.8
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10
Betty and Coretta
7.167
Steam
3.1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4.2
Virgin Island
5
Take a Giant Step
5.2
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.3
Gone Are the Days!
6.7
After Goodbye
0
Sports on the Silver Screen
10
That Man of Mine
0
Deadlock
0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
6
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
7.3
Passing Glory
5.8
The Wall
5.7
Countdown at Kusini
0
Whitewash
6
Taking Back Our Town
1
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
7
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
0
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
7.5
Neighbours
0
No Way Out
6.923
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.833
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.091
Love in Syncopation
0
The Fight Never Ends
0
What a Guy
0
Wedding Band
0
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
5.4
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.714
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
6.5
All God's Children
4
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6.429
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
0
The Ernest Green Story
6.9
A Thousand Words
6.092
Zora is My Name!
0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4
St. Louis Blues
7.8
The Balcony
5.2
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
0
Color Adjustment
6.9
Go Man Go
5.7
Discovering William Greaves
7
Baby Geniuses
4.1
Poitier's Walter Lee
0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5
The Sheriff
6
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
1.5
On Merit
0
The Unfinished Journey
6
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
0
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
0
All About Us
4.4
Easy to Get
0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
0
The Stand
0