Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 88movies29TV 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 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wholesome4.1average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 3
- Social Justice 3
- Period Piece 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Family-Friendly 2
- American History 2
- Educational 2
- Biographical 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, The Ernest Green Story, +8 more
Sidney PoitierActorBuck and the Preacher, A Raisin in the Sun, Edge of the City, Go Man Go
Terence BlanchardComposerJungle Fever, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Betty and Coretta
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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
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
Spike LeeActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
Nastassja KinskiActorCat People, A Storm in Summer
Gloria ReubenActorFeast of All Saints, Betty and Coretta
Movies and TV shows
152000s
15 titles · average score 59
55
America (2009)
as Mrs. Harper
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
18
Steam (2007)
as Doris
79
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
48
All About Us (2007)
as Ms. Ella
63
No. 2 (2006)
as Nanna Maria
63
The Way Back Home (2006)
as Maude
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002)
TV show · as Narrator
Taking Back Our Town (2001)
as Emelda West
65
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Elsie Claviere
65
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
as Mrs. Henry
68
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
TV show · as Mary Wilson
63
A Storm in Summer (2000)
as Grandmother