Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 87movies26TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2013, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 39top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
A Raisin in the Sun78/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.0average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.3average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Contemporary Realism4.5, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Social Commentary 3
- Character Study 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Redemptive Arc 2
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Family-Friendly 2
- American History 2
- Racial Tensions 2
- Contemporary Issues 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Racial Injustice 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ossie DavisActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, The Stand, Feast of All Saints, The Ernest Green Story, +8 more
Sidney PoitierActorBuck and the Preacher, Edge of the City, 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
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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
Kathleen TurnerActorBaby Geniuses, A Simple Wish
Rip TornActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Passing Glory
Edward James OlmosActorThe Unfinished Journey, The Wall
Sam WaterstonActorLincoln, The Unfinished Journey
Molly RingwaldActorThe Stand, The Stand
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Feast of All Saints
Movies and TV shows
20Good
Score 70 to 79
9 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Mother Sister
78
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Ruth Younger
78
American Experience (1988)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
China Beach (1988)
TV show
76
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV show · as Queen Victoria Haley
71
Lincoln (1988)
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
70
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
Decent
Score 60 to 69
6 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
The Stand (1994)
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
66
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV show · as LaBelle Springbelt
65
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
as Mrs. Grimes
64
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
63
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Faye Williams
63
Just Cause (1995)
as Evangeline Ferguson
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
2 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Annie McCall
Not rated yet
3 titles
