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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-10-27
  • event Death Date 2014-06-11
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.4
  • info Birth Place Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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7.8

Do the Right Thing

1989-06-14

6.4

Jungle Fever

1991-06-07

7.6

American Gangster

2007-11-02

3.5

America

2009-02-28

6.1

Cat People

1982-04-02

4.8

Love at Large

1990-03-09

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Jazztime Tale

1991-11-02

6.2

Just Cause

1995-02-17

4.5

Cop and ½

1993-04-02

6.2

Buck and the Preacher

1972-03-17

6

No. 2

2006-02-16

6.8

The Tall Target

1951-08-17

7.2

Edge of the City

1957-01-04

7.7

A Raisin in the Sun

1961-05-28

6.4

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950-05-16

7.3

The Incident

1967-11-05

5.5

A Simple Wish

1997-07-11

5.9

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003-02-10

5.8

Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005-03-06

4.5

Politics of Love

2011-08-26

4.6

Feast of All Saints

2001-11-11

7

Black Girl

1972-11-09

6.7

Video Girl

2011-10-11

7.3

Decoration Day

1990-12-02

6.5

Uptight

1968-12-28

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Finding Buck McHenry

2000-04-16

5.6

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996-03-13

6.6

It's Good to Be Alive

1974-02-22

5.8

A Storm in Summer

2000-01-18

10

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013-02-01

7.2

Betty and Coretta

2013-02-02

3.1

Steam

2007-11-15

4.3

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979-04-28

5

Virgin Island

1959-08-07

5.2

Take a Giant Step

1959-12-01

6.3

Tuesday Morning Ride

1995-01-01

6.7

Gone Are the Days!

1963-08-09

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After Goodbye

1993-06-23

10

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997-03-16

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That Man of Mine

1946-01-01

0

Deadlock

1969-02-22

6

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1982-11-23

7.3

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

2009-07-22

5.8

Passing Glory

1999-02-21

5.7

The Wall

1998-05-24

0

Countdown at Kusini

1976-04-16

6

Whitewash

1994-08-16

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Taking Back Our Town

2001-12-10

8

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990-10-15

0

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner

1998-12-07

7.5

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

1999-04-18

0

Neighbours

1966-01-15

6.9

No Way Out

1950-08-16

3.2

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996-04-14

7.3

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970-03-24

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Love in Syncopation

1946-08-03

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The Fight Never Ends

1948-03-06

0

What a Guy

1948-01-01

0

Wedding Band

1974-04-24

5.4

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

2011-08-05

6.7

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989-11-03

6.5

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

2007-09-15

4

All God's Children

1980-04-28

5

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1985-01-14

0

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004-02-25

6.9

The Ernest Green Story

1993-01-17

6.1

A Thousand Words

2012-03-07

0

Zora is My Name!

1990-01-01

4

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004-01-01

7.8

St. Louis Blues

1958-04-07

5.2

The Balcony

1963-03-21

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Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002-06-14

6.9

Color Adjustment

1992-01-29

5.7

Go Man Go

1954-01-27

0

Discovering William Greaves

2006-12-06

4.1

Baby Geniuses

1999-03-12

0

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018-09-25

5

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972-01-20

6

The Sheriff

1971-03-30

1.5

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014-06-22

0

On Merit

1972-01-01

6

The Unfinished Journey

1999-12-31

0

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

2007-01-31

0

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999-02-24

0

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

1980-01-01

4.4

All About Us

2007-10-01

0

Easy to Get

1947-07-10

0

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998-02-10

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000-10-06

6.7

Spenser: For Hire

1985-09-20

0

The Great Adventure

1963-09-27

7.6

The Golden Girls

1985-09-14

7.3

China Beach

1988-04-26

6.7

Little Bill

1999-11-28

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

6.8

The Stand

1994-05-08

6.3

Police Woman

1974-09-13

7.2

The Fugitive

1963-09-17

7.4

Roots: The Next Generations

1979-02-18

6

Iconoclasts

2005-11-17

6

Middle Ages

1992-09-03

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

7.3

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

7.2

Lincoln

1988-03-27

8.4

Reading Rainbow

1983-06-06

7.5

American Experience

1988-10-04

0

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

1998-11-29

5.9

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985-02-10

6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-03-12

6.7

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-06-06

6

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

2002-06-01

7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994-09-21

5.2

Great Performances

1971-01-28

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