Ruby Dee
Oct 27, 1922
- Jun 11, 2014

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Poitier's Walter Lee 09/25/18 Self (archive footage) 91
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 06/22/14 Self 91
Betty and Coretta 02/02/13 Narrator 90
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal 02/01/13 Self 90
A Thousand Words 03/07/12 Annie McCall 89
Video Girl 10/11/11 Valerie 88
Politics of Love 08/26/11 88
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll 08/05/11 Miss Candy 88
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School 07/22/09 Narrator (voice) 86
America 02/28/09 Mrs. Harper 86
Steam 11/15/07 Doris 85
American Gangster 11/02/07 Mama Lucas 85
All About Us 10/01/07 Ms. Ella 84
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema 09/15/07 Herself 84
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 01/31/07 Self 84
Discovering William Greaves 12/06/06 Self 84
No. 2 02/16/06 Nanna Maria 83
Their Eyes Were Watching God 03/06/05 Nanny 82
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 01/01/04 (archive footage) 81
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks 08/22/03 Self 80
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 02/10/03 80
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' 06/14/02 Self 79
Taking Back Our Town 12/10/01 Emelda West 79
Feast of All Saints 11/11/01 Elsie Claviere 79
Finding Buck McHenry 04/16/00 Mrs. Henry 77
A Storm in Summer 01/18/00 Grandmother 77
The Unfinished Journey 12/31/99 Narrator (voice) 77
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 04/18/99 Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany 76
Baby Geniuses 03/12/99 Margo 76
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 02/24/99 Self 76
Passing Glory 02/21/99 Mommit Porter 76
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner 12/07/98 Narrator 76
The Wall 05/24/98 Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") 75
A Simple Wish 07/11/97 Hortence 74
Sports on the Silver Screen 03/16/97 Self (archive footage) 74
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story 04/14/96 Indigo 73
Mr. and Mrs. Loving 03/13/96 Sophia 73
Just Cause 02/17/95 Evangeline Ferguson 72
Tuesday Morning Ride 01/01/95 Jennie 72
Whitewash 08/16/94 Grandmother (voice) 71
The Stand 05/08/94 Mother Abagail Freemantle 71
After Goodbye 06/23/93 Narrator 70
Cop and ½ 04/02/93 Rachel 70
The Ernest Green Story 01/17/93 Lydia Wilson 70
Color Adjustment 01/29/92 Narrator 69
Jazztime Tale 11/02/91 Narrator (voice) 69
Jungle Fever 06/07/91 Lucinda Purify 68
Decoration Day 12/02/90 Rowena 68
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 10/15/90 Jackie's Mother 67
Love at Large 03/09/90 Corrine Dart 67
Zora is My Name! 01/01/90 Zora Neale Hurston 67
Making 'Do the Right Thing' 11/03/89 Self 67
Do the Right Thing 06/14/89 Mother Sister 66
Go Tell It on the Mountain 01/14/85 Mrs. Grimes 62
Long Day's Journey Into Night 11/23/82 Mary Tyrone 60
Cat People 04/02/82 Female 59
All God's Children 04/28/80 Irene Whitfield 57
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six 01/01/80 57
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 04/28/79 Grandmother Baxter 56
Countdown at Kusini 04/16/76 Leah Matanzima 53
Wedding Band 04/24/74 Julia Augustine 51
It's Good to Be Alive 02/22/74 Ruth Campanella 51
Black Girl 11/09/72 Netta's mother 50
Buck and the Preacher 03/17/72 Ruth 49
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 01/20/72 Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters 49
On Merit 01/01/72 Narrator (voice) 49
The Sheriff 03/30/71 Sue Ann Lucas 48
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 03/24/70 Self (archive footage) 47
Deadlock 02/22/69 Lucinda 46
Uptight 12/28/68 Laurie 46
The Incident 11/05/67 Joan Robinson 45
Neighbours 01/15/66 Vicky Kingsbury 43
Gone Are the Days! 08/09/63 Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins 40
The Balcony 03/21/63 Thief 40
A Raisin in the Sun 05/28/61 Ruth Younger 38
Take a Giant Step 12/01/59 Christine 37
Virgin Island 08/07/59 Ruth 36
St. Louis Blues 04/07/58 Elizabeth 35
Edge of the City 01/04/57 Lucy Tyler 34
Go Man Go 01/27/54 Irma Jackson 31
The Tall Target 08/17/51 Rachel 28
No Way Out 08/16/50 Connie Brooks (uncredited) 27
The Jackie Robinson Story 05/16/50 Rae Robinson 27
Easy to Get 07/10/47 Drugstore Girl 24
That Man of Mine 01/01/46 Joan 23