Ruby Dee
1922–2014 actress,writer,producer
Filmography
75 titles- 2017 Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart Other Self
- 2015 And when I die, I won't stay dead Other Self
- 2014 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Self Self
- 2013 1982 Cast Rose Brown
- 2013 Betty and Coretta Cast Narrator
- 2013 American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs Other Self
- 2012 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal Self Self
- 2011 Red & Blue Marbles Cast Professor Wright
- 2011 Video Girl Cast Valerie
- 2011 Politics of Love Cast
- 2010 Dream Street Cast
- 2009 A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School Cast Narrator
- 2009 Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement Self Self
- 2009 America Cast Mrs. Harper
- 2007 Steam Cast Doris
- 2007 All About Us Cast Ms. Ella
- 2006 Naming No. 2 Cast Nanna Maria
- 2006 The Way Back Home Cast Maude
- 2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Self Self
- 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Cast Reader
- 2001 Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years Cast Narrator
- 2001 Taking Back Our Town Cast Emelda West
- 2001 Feast Of All Saints Cast Elsie Claviere
- 2000 A Storm in Summer Cast Grandmother
- 2000 Finding Buck McHenry Cast Mrs. Henry
- 1999 Little Bill Cast Alice the Great
- 1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Cast Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
- 1999 Passing Glory Cast Mommit Porter
- 1999 The Unfinished Journey Cast Narration
- 1999 Baby Geniuses Cast Margo
- 1997 A Simple Wish Cast Hortense
- 1996 Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Cast Indigo
- 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving Cast Sophia
- 1995 Just Cause Cast Evangeline
- 1994 Whitewash Cast Mrs. Calloway
- 1994 The Stand Cast Mother Abagail Freemantle
- 1993 The Ernest Green Story Cast Mrs. Lydia Wilson
- 1993 Cop & ½ Cast Rachel
- 1992 Color Adjustment Cast Narrator
- 1991 Jungle Fever Cast Lucinda Purify
- 1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Cast Jackie's Mother
- 1990 Decoration Day Cast Rowena
- 1990 Love at Large Cast Corrine Dart
- 1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' Self Self
- 1989 Do The Right Thing Cast Mother Sister
- 1988 Lincoln Cast Elizabeth Keckley
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders Cast Faye Williams
- 1983 Reading Rainbow Self Various Book Characters
- 1982 Long Day's Journey Into Night Cast Mary Tyrone
- 1982 Cat People Cast Female
- 1980 American Playhouse Writer
- 1980 Ossie and Ruby! Cast Co-host
- 1980 All God's Children Cast Irene Whitfield
- 1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Cast Grandmother Baxter
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations Cast Queen Haley
- 1978 Tony Brown's Journal Self Self
- 1976 Countdown at Kusini Cast Leah Matanzima
- 1974 It's Good to Be Alive Cast Ruthe Campanella
- 1973 Chelsea D.H.O. Cast Dr. Bianca Pearson
- 1973 Tenafly Cast Jan Lennox
- 1972 Black Girl Cast Netta's Mother
- 1972 Buck and the Preacher Cast Ruth
- 1971 The Sheriff Cast Sue Ann Lucas
- 1969 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self Self - Co-Host
- 1968 Uptight Writer · Cast Laurie
- 1967 The Incident Cast Joan Robinson
- 1963 Honeychile, It's the Man from C.O.T.T.O.N. Cast Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
- 1963 The Balcony Cast Thief
- 1961 A Raisin In The Sun Cast Ruth Younger
- 1959 Take a Giant Step Cast Christine
- 1958 Virgin Island Cast Ruth
- 1958 St. Louis Blues Cast Elizabeth
- 1957 Edge Of The City Cast Lucy Tyler
- 1951 The Tall Target Cast Rachel - Slave Maid
- 1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Cast Rae Robinson