Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 87movies29TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2013, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 41top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Do the Right Thing87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.8average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.8
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wholesome4.1average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.9, average 4.9
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 5
- Social Justice 3
- Period Piece 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Educational 3
- Racial Tensions 2
- Crime Investigation 2
- Psychological Suspense 2
- 1960s 2
- Contemporary Issues 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ossie DavisActorAmerican Playhouse, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Feast of All Saints, Gone Are the Days!, +7 more
Sidney PoitierActorBuck and the Preacher, A Raisin in the Sun, Edge of the City, Go Man Go
Terence BlanchardComposerJungle Fever, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, Betty and Coretta
Diahann CarrollActorColor Adjustment, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Bill NunnActorDo the Right Thing, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, Passing Glory
Louis Gossett Jr.ActorA Raisin in the Sun, Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, It's Good to Be Alive
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Edward James OlmosActorAmerican Playhouse, The Unfinished Journey, The Wall- EErnest KinoyWriterAmerican Playhouse, Buck and the Preacher, Lincoln
Spike LeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
Dick Anthony WilliamsActorUptight, Steam
Andre BraugherActorThe Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, Passing Glory
Movies and TV shows
932010s
4 titles · average score 48
as Narrator
as Annie McCall
as Valerie
as Miss Candy
2000s
15 titles · average score 59
as Mrs. Harper
as Narrator (voice)
as Doris
as Mama Lucas
as Nanna Maria
as Maude
as Emelda West
as Elsie Claviere
as Mrs. Henry
TV show · as Mary Wilson
as Grandmother
1990s
27 titles · average score 58
TV show
as Margo
as Mommit Porter
as Hortence
as Sophia
as Evangeline Ferguson
as Rachel
as Narrator
as Lucinda Purify
as Rowena
as Jackie's Mother
1980s
13 titles · average score 70
as Mother Sister
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
TV show
TV show · as Faye Williams
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
TV show
as Mrs. Grimes
TV show · as Zora Neale Hurston / Mrs. Grimes
as Female
as Mary Tyrone
as Irene Whitfield
1970s
12 titles · average score 58
as Grandmother Baxter
TV show · as Queen Haley
as Leah Matanzima
as Ruth Campanella
as Julia Augustine
TV show
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
as Netta's mother
as Narrator (voice)
as Sue Ann Lucas
1960s
10 titles · average score 75
as Lucinda
as Laurie
as Joan Robinson
as Vicky Kingsbury
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
TV show · as Laura Smith
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
as Thief
as Ruth Younger
TV show · as Catherine Collins
1950s
10 titles · average score 69
as Christine
as Ruth
as Elizabeth
as Lucy Tyler
TV show · as Vicky Kingsbury
as Irma Jackson
as Rachel
TV show · as Rowena Finch
as Rae Robinson
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
2 titles
as Drugstore Girl
as Joan