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).
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 2008 | 86 | American Gangster (2007) | Supporting Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2012-03-07 | A Thousand Words | Annie McCall |
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2011-10-11 | Video Girl | Valerie |
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2011-08-26 | Politics of Love | |
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2011-08-05 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Miss Candy |
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2009-02-28 | America | Mrs. Harper |
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2007-11-15 | Steam | Doris |
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2007-11-02 | American Gangster | Mama Lucas |
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2007-10-01 | All About Us | Ms. Ella |
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2006-04-01 | The Way Back Home | Maude |
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2006-02-16 | No. 2 | Nanna Maria |
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2005-03-06 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Nanny |
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2003-02-10 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | |
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2001-12-10 | Taking Back Our Town | Emelda West |
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2001-11-11 | Feast of All Saints | Elsie Claviere |
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2000-04-16 | Finding Buck McHenry | Mrs. Henry |
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2000-01-18 | A Storm in Summer | Grandmother |
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1999-04-18 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany |
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1999-03-12 | Baby Geniuses | Margo |
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1999-02-21 | Passing Glory | Mommit Porter |
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1998-05-24 | The Wall | Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") |
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1997-07-11 | A Simple Wish | Hortence |
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1996-04-14 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | Indigo |
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1996-03-13 | Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Sophia |
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1995-02-17 | Just Cause | Evangeline Ferguson |
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1995-01-01 | Tuesday Morning Ride | Jennie |
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1994-08-16 | Whitewash | Grandmother (voice) |
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1993-04-02 | Cop & ½ | Rachel |
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1993-01-17 | The Ernest Green Story | Lydia Wilson |
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1991-06-07 | Jungle Fever | Lucinda Purify |
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1990-12-02 | Decoration Day | Rowena |
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1990-10-15 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Jackie's Mother |
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1990-03-09 | Love at Large | Corrine Dart |
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1990-02-14 | Zora is My Name! | Zora Neale Hurston |
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1989-06-14 | Do the Right Thing | Mother Sister |
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1984-08-31 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Mrs. Grimes |
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1982-11-23 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mary Tyrone |
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1982-04-02 | Cat People | Female |
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1980-04-28 | All God's Children | Irene Whitfield |
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1980-01-01 | The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six | |
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1979-04-28 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Grandmother Baxter |
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1976-04-16 | Countdown at Kusini | Leah Matanzima |
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1974-04-24 | Wedding Band | Julia Augustine |
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1974-02-22 | It's Good to Be Alive | Ruth Campanella |
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1973-06-17 | Chelsea D.H.O. | Dr. Bianca Pearson |
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1972-11-09 | Black Girl | Netta's mother |
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1972-03-17 | Buck and the Preacher | Ruth |
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1972-01-20 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters |
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1971-03-30 | The Sheriff | Sue Ann Lucas |
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1969-02-22 | Deadlock | Lucinda |
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1968-12-28 | Uptight | Laurie |
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1967-11-05 | The Incident | Joan Robinson |
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1966-01-15 | Neighbours | Vicky Kingsbury |
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1963-08-09 | Gone Are the Days! | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
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1963-03-21 | The Balcony | Thief |
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1961-05-28 | A Raisin in the Sun | Ruth Younger |
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1959-12-01 | Take a Giant Step | Christine |
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1959-08-07 | Virgin Island | Ruth |
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1958-04-07 | St. Louis Blues | Elizabeth |
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1957-01-04 | Edge of the City | Lucy Tyler |
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1954-01-27 | Go Man Go | Irma Jackson |
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1951-08-17 | The Tall Target | Rachel |
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1950-08-16 | No Way Out | Connie Brooks (uncredited) |
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1950-05-16 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Rae Robinson |
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1948-03-06 | The Fight Never Ends | |
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1948-01-01 | What a Guy | |
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1947-07-10 | Easy to Get | Drugstore Girl |
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1946-08-03 | Love in Syncopation | |
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1946-01-01 | That Man of Mine | Joan |