Ruby Dee
ActingTotal Credits
120
Acting
119
First Credit
1946
Latest Credit
2024
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
1989
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
1961
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson
2000
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
2007
The Golden Girls
Mammy Watkins
1985
China Beach
Actor
1988
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
1988
Roots: The Next Generations
Queen Haley
1979
The Incident
Joan Robinson
1967
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
The Fugitive
Laura Smith
1963
Touched by an Angel
LaBelle Springbelt
1994
Betty and Coretta
Narrator
2013
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
1957
Color Adjustment
Narrator
1992
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1950
Spenser: For Hire
Actor
1985
Little Bill
Actor
1999
Decoration Day
Rowena
1990
The Tall Target
Rachel
1951
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
1994
Uptight
Laurie · Writer
1968
Black Girl
Netta's mother
1972
The Way Back Home
Maude
2006
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Police Woman
Actor
1974
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
1991
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
1950
The Defenders
Catherine Collins
1961
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Grandma (voice)
1995
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
1995
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
1972
Video Girl
Valerie
2011
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
2012
Great Performances
Self
1971
Cat People
Female
1982
The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams
1985
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
2005
A Simple Wish
Hortence
1997
The Balcony
Thief
1963
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
1990
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
2001
Cop & ½
Rachel
1993
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter
1979
Baby Geniuses
Margo
1999
The Great Adventure
Harriet Tubman
1963
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
1990
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013
Deadlock
Lucinda
1969
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997
Easy to Get
Drugstore Girl
1947
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rowena Finch
1951
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
1999
That Man of Mine
Joan
1946
Chelsea D.H.O.
Dr. Bianca Pearson
1973
The Fight Never Ends
Actor
1948
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
1958
Iconoclasts
Self
2005