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Ruby Dee
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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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94 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
Cat People
Female
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
Baby Geniuses
Margo
A Simple Wish
Hortence
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Cop & ½
Rachel
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
The Incident
Joan Robinson
A Storm in Summer
Grandmother
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
The Tall Target
Rachel
Uptight
Laurie
America
Mrs. Harper
Video Girl
Valerie
The Ernest Green Story
Lydia Wilson
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Take a Giant Step
Christine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia
Color Adjustment
Narrator
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
No. 2
Nanna Maria
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter
All God's Children
Irene Whitfield
The Way Back Home
Maude
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
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