Ruby Dee
Biography
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).
TV Shows(28)
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Iconoclasts
Self
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mary Wilson
Little Bill
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Herself - Narrator
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Grandma (voice)
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
Touched by an Angel
LaBelle Springbelt
Middle Ages
Estelle Williams
China Beach
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Spenser: For Hire
The Golden Girls
Mammy Watkins
The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Roots: The Next Generations
Queen Haley
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Police Woman