
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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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as Mary Wilson
2000

as Laura Smith
1963

as Self
1971

as Narrator (voice)
1988

as LaBelle Springbelt
1994

as Mammy Watkins
1985

1974

as Self - Guest
1968

as Catherine Collins
1961

as Self
1953

as Grandma (voice)
1995

1988
as Narrator
2013

as Self (archive footage)
2018

as Self
2014

as Narrator
2013

as Self
2013

as Annie McCall
2012

as Valerie
2011

2011

as Miss Candy
2011

as Narrator (voice)
2009

as Mrs. Harper
2009

as Doris
2007

as Mama Lucas
2007

as Ms. Ella
2007

as Herself
2007
as Self
2007

as Self
2006

as Maude
2006

as Nanna Maria
2006

as Nanny
2005

as Self
2004

as (archive footage)
2004

2003

as Self
2002

as Emelda West
2001
as Self
2 ep.

as Mary Wilson
1 episodes

as Laura Smith
1 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Narrator (voice)
1 episodes

as LaBelle Springbelt
1 episodes

as Mammy Watkins
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self - Guest
1 episodes

as Catherine Collins
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Grandma (voice)
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self - Narrator (voice)
3 episodes

1 episodes

as Mother Abagail Freemantle
4 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Harriet Tubman
1 episodes

as Queen Haley
3 episodes

52 episodes

as Rowena Finch
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self (archive footage)
4 episodes

as Faye Williams
2 episodes

as Vicky Kingsbury
1 episodes
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