Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 89movies28TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2013, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 40top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
A Raisin in the Sun89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.8average 4.7
- Wholesome4.2average 3.3
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Nostalgia4.2average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.1, average 5.1
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Character Study 3
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Family-Friendly 2
- American History 2
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Redemptive Arc 2
- Racial Injustice 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ossie DavisActorAmerican Playhouse, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, The Stand, Feast of All Saints, +9 more
Sidney PoitierActorEdge of the City, Buck and the Preacher, 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
Edward James OlmosActorAmerican Playhouse, The Wall, The Unfinished Journey
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gary SiniseActorAmerican Playhouse, The Stand, The Stand
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- EErnest KinoyWriterAmerican Playhouse, Lincoln, Buck and the Preacher
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Feast of All Saints
John TurturroActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
Rip TornActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Passing Glory
Movies and TV shows
251990s
25 titles · average score 62
76
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
17
Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Margo
67
Passing Glory (1999)
as Mommit Porter
56
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
67
The Wall (1998)
as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
54
A Simple Wish (1997)
as Hortence
70
Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
as Sophia
47
Just Cause (1995)
as Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
as Jennie
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
Whitewash (1994)
as Grandmother (voice)
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail
44
Cop & ½ (1993)
as Rachel
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
After Goodbye (1993)
as Narrator
73
Color Adjustment (1992)
as Narrator
77
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
70
Decoration Day (1990)
as Rowena
70
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Jackie's Mother
Zora is My Name! (1990)
as Zora Neale Hurston
63
Love at Large (1990)
as Corrine Dart