Ruby Dee
AKA: Ruby Ann Wallace
Birthday: 1922-10-27
Died: 2014-06-11
Birthplace: 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).
Filmography
Character: Lucinda Purify
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Evangeline Ferguson
Character: Elsie Claviere
Character: Netta's mother
Character: Ruth Campanella
Character: Grandmother Baxter
Character: Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Character: Leah Matanzima
Character: Grandmother (voice)
Character: Jackie's Mother
Character: Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Character: Vicky Kingsbury
Character: Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Julia Augustine
Character: Irene Whitfield
Character: Zora Neale Hurston
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Drugstore Girl
