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
20Great
Score 80 to 89
2 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
85
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
85
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV show · as Rowena Finch
Good
Score 70 to 79
9 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
77
China Beach (1988)
TV show
76
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV show · as Queen Haley
75
American Experience (1988)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
71
No Way Out (1950)
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
71
Lincoln (1988)
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
70
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
70
The Tall Target (1951)
as Rachel
Decent
Score 60 to 69
4 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
American Playhouse (1982)
TV show · as Zora Neale Hurston / Mrs. Grimes
63
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
as Mrs. Grimes
62
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Faye Williams
61
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Rae Robinson
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
2 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
56
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Not rated yet
3 titles
Not rated yet
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002)
TV show · as Narrator
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)