Ruby Dee
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).
Acting
Movie
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
2007
Movie
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
1989
Movie
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
2012
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mary Wilson
2000
Movie
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
1995
Movie
Cat People
as Female
1982
TV
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994
Movie
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
1999
TV
The Golden Girls
as Mammy Watkins
1985
Movie
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
1991
TV
Touched by an Angel
as LaBelle Springbelt
1994
Movie
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
1997
Movie
Cop & ½
as Rachel
1993
Movie
A Raisin in the Sun
as Ruth Younger
1961
Movie
No Way Out
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1950
Movie
The Incident
as Joan Robinson
1967
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
Buck and the Preacher
as Ruth
1972
TV
The Fugitive
as Laura Smith
1963
Movie
Edge of the City
as Lucy Tyler
1957
TV
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
TV
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
Movie
The Tall Target
as Rachel
1951
Movie
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Nanny
2005
