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
93Great
Score 80 to 89
8 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
89
as Ruth Younger
87
as Mother Sister
85
as Mama Lucas
85
TV show · as Rowena Finch
84
TV show · as Laura Smith
83
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
83
as Joan Robinson
81
as Netta's mother
Good
Score 70 to 79
23 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
77
as Mrs. Harper
77
as Lucinda Purify
76
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
73
as Narrator
72
as Lucy Tyler
72
as Female
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
70
as Laurie
70
as Sophia
70
as Jackie's Mother
70
as Rowena
Decent
Score 60 to 69
21 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
TV show · as Zora Neale Hurston / Mrs. Grimes
69
as Christine
68
TV show · as Mary Wilson
67
as Mommit Porter
65
as Elsie Claviere
63
as Mrs. Henry
62
TV show · as Faye Williams
62
as Nanna Maria
62
as Grandmother Baxter
61
as Rae Robinson
61
as Valerie
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
13 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
58
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
56
as Narrator (voice)
54
as Hortence
54
TV show
50
TV show
48
as Ms. Ella
47
as Evangeline Ferguson
44
TV show · as LaBelle Springbelt
44
as Rachel
37
as Annie McCall
36
as Miss Candy
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
2 titles
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
19
as Doris
17
as Margo
Not rated yet
26 titles
Not rated yet
as Emelda West
as Ruth Campanella
as Grandmother (voice)
as Zora Neale Hurston
as Mary Tyrone
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
as Drugstore Girl
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
as Narrator (voice)
as Leah Matanzima
as Narrator (voice)
as Julia Augustine