Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 87movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2013, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- 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
Select a genre to see those titles.
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
201990s
20 titles · average score 68
75
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
64
Little Bill (1999)
TV show
61
Passing Glory (1999)
as Mommit Porter
63
Just Cause (1995)
as Evangeline Ferguson
64
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV show · as Grandma (voice)
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
as Jennie
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
Whitewash (1994)
as Grandmother (voice)
66
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV show · as LaBelle Springbelt
69
The Stand (1994)
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
71
Color Adjustment (1992)
as Narrator
Middle Ages (1992)
TV show · as Estelle Williams
64
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
71
Decoration Day (1990)
as Rowena
Zora is My Name! (1990)
as Zora Neale Hurston
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Jackie's Mother