Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 87movies26TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19462013
- Leading roles
- 39top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
A Raisin in the Sun78/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.0average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Contemporary Realism4.5, average 5.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Social Commentary 3
- Character Study 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Redemptive Arc 2
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Family-Friendly 2
- American History 2
- Racial Tensions 2
- Contemporary Issues 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Racial Injustice 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ossie DavisActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, The Stand, Feast of All Saints, The Ernest Green Story, +8 more
Sidney PoitierActorBuck and the Preacher, Edge of the City, A Raisin in the Sun, Go Man Go
Diahann CarrollActorHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, Color Adjustment, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Louis Gossett Jr.ActorA Raisin in the Sun, Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, It's Good to Be Alive
Bill NunnActorDo the Right Thing, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, Passing Glory
Kathleen TurnerActorBaby Geniuses, A Simple Wish
Rip TornActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Passing Glory
Edward James OlmosActorThe Unfinished Journey, The Wall
Sam WaterstonActorLincoln, The Unfinished Journey
Molly RingwaldActorThe Stand, The Stand
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Feast of All Saints
Movies and TV shows
922010s
4 titles · average score 61
67
as Narrator
59
as Annie McCall
57
as Valerie
as Miss Candy
2000s
14 titles · average score 63
49
as Mrs. Harper
as Narrator (voice)
76
as Mama Lucas
as Doris
62
as Nanna Maria
TV show · as Narrator
56
as Elsie Claviere
as Emelda West
59
as Mrs. Henry
78
TV show · as Mary Wilson
63
as Grandmother
1990s
30 titles · average score 62
75
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
33
as Margo
64
TV show
61
as Mommit Porter
54
as Hortence
63
as Evangeline Ferguson
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
43
as Rachel
71
as Narrator
64
as Lucinda Purify
71
as Rowena
1980s
12 titles · average score 71
78
as Mother Sister
71
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
78
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
TV show
63
TV show · as Faye Williams
78
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
70
TV show
65
as Mrs. Grimes
61
as Female
as Mary Tyrone
as Irene Whitfield
1970s
11 titles · average score 65
56
as Grandmother Baxter
76
TV show · as Queen Victoria Haley
as Leah Matanzima
as Ruth Campanella
64
TV show
as Julia Augustine
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
as Netta's mother
as Narrator (voice)
as Sue Ann Lucas
1960s
10 titles · average score 70
as Lucinda
70
as Laurie
74
as Joan Robinson
as Vicky Kingsbury
67
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
76
TV show · as Laura Smith
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
55
as Thief
78
as Ruth Younger
70
TV show · as Catherine Collins
1950s
9 titles · average score 75
as Christine
as Ruth
74
as Elizabeth
71
as Lucy Tyler
as Irma Jackson
70
as Rachel
83
TV show · as Rowena Finch
64
as Rae Robinson
87
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
2 titles
as Drugstore Girl
as Joan