Ruby Dee

Born: 1922-10-27, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 2014-06-11

Biography

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).

Filmography

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
• American Experience (1988)
• Police Woman (1974)
• Touched by an Angel (1994)
• The Defenders (1961)
• American Gangster (2007)
• The Stand (1994)
• A Thousand Words (2012)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• Cat People (1982)
• Jungle Fever (1991)
• Cop & ½ (1993)
• Just Cause (1995)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Baby Geniuses (1999)
• A Simple Wish (1997)
• The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
• In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007)
• Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
• Buck and the Preacher (1972)
• Feast of All Saints (2001)
• Edge of the City (1957)
• No. 2 (2006)
• Uptight (1968)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
• Video Girl (2011)
• The Tall Target (1951)
• Gone Are the Days! (1963)
• Color Adjustment (1992)