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 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.5average 3.6
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- 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 4
- Political Intrigue 3
- Social Justice 3
- Period Piece 3
- Redemptive Arc 2
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Biographical 2
- Educational 2
- Crime Investigation 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 PoitierActorA Raisin in the Sun, Edge of the City, Buck and the Preacher, 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
Edward James OlmosActorAmerican Playhouse, The Unfinished Journey, The Wall
Diahann CarrollActorHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Color Adjustment
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- EErnest KinoyWriterAmerican Playhouse, Lincoln, Buck and the Preacher
John TurturroActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Feast of All Saints
Kathleen TurnerActorBaby Geniuses, A Simple Wish
Movies and TV shows
202010s
1 title · average score 33
33
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Annie McCall
2000s
1 title · average score 17
17
Steam (2007)
as Doris
1990s
5 titles · average score 64
47
Just Cause (1995)
as Evangeline Ferguson
66
The Stand (1994)
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
72
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
1980s
6 titles · average score 72
87
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Mother Sister
72
Lincoln (1988)
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
77
China Beach (1988)
TV show
62
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Faye Williams
63
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
as Mrs. Grimes
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)
as Mary Tyrone
1970s
3 titles · average score 60
62
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
as Grandmother Baxter
51
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV show · as Queen Haley
68
Black Girl (1972)
as Netta's mother
1960s
2 titles · average score 81
77
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
85
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Ruth Younger
1950s
2 titles · average score 70
72
Edge of the City (1957)
as Lucy Tyler
68
Armchair Theatre (1956)
TV show · as Vicky Kingsbury