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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Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset...
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A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin hi...
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A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's q...
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From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many rol...
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A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a y...
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Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple w...
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BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know, ...
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Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free Peop...
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A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her throug...
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Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 2 | Betty and Coretta (2013) | Narrator | - | - |
| 3 | A Thousand Words (2012) | Annie McCall | 6.3 | |
| 4 | Video Girl (2011) | Valerie | 8 | |
| 5 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011) | Miss Candy | - | - |
| 6 | America (2009) | Mrs. Harper | - | - |
| 7 | American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008 | Mama Lucas | 7.6 | |
| 8 | Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) | Nanny | 7 | |
| 9 | Feast of All Saints (2001) | Elsie Claviere | 8 | |
| 10 | Baby Geniuses (1999) | Margo | 3.6 | |
| 11 | A Simple Wish (1997) | Hortence | 7 | |
| 12 | Just Cause (1995) | Evangeline Ferguson | 6.4 | |
| 13 | The Stand (1994) | Mother Abagail Freemantle | 6 | |
| 14 | Cop & ½ (1993) | Rachel | 4 | |
| 15 | Color Adjustment (1992) | Narrator | 7 | |
| 16 | Jungle Fever (1991) | Lucinda Purify | 7 | |
| 17 | Decoration Day (1990) | Rowena | - | - |
| 18 | Do the Right Thing (1989) | Mother Sister | 7.7 | |
| 19 | Cat People (1982) | Female | 7.2 | |
| 20 | Countdown at Kusini (1976) | Leah Matanzima | - | - |
| 21 | Black Girl (1972) | Netta's mother | - | - |
| 22 | Buck and the Preacher (1972) | Ruth | 7 | |
| 23 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
| 24 | Uptight (1968) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 25 | The Incident (1967) | Joan Robinson | 6 | |
| 26 | Gone Are the Days! (1963) | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins | - | - |
| 27 | A Raisin in the Sun (1961) | Ruth Younger | 8 | |
| 28 | Edge of the City (1957) | Lucy Tyler | 5 | |
| 29 | The Tall Target (1951) | Rachel | 4 | |
| 30 | The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) | Rae Robinson | 2 | |
| 31 | No Way Out (1950) | Connie Brooks (uncredited) | - | - |
