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
26Great
Score 80 to 89
1 title
Great
Score 80 to 89
87
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Good
Score 70 to 79
12 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
78
as Mother Sister
78
as Ruth Younger
78
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
TV show
76
as Mama Lucas
76
TV show · as Queen Victoria Haley
71
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
as Lydia Wilson
70
TV show · as Catherine Collins
70
as Laurie
Decent
Score 60 to 69
7 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
65
as Mrs. Grimes
64
as Lucinda Purify
64
as Rae Robinson
63
TV show · as Faye Williams
63
as Evangeline Ferguson
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
2 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
55
as Thief
Not rated yet
4 titles
Not rated yet
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
TV show · as Narrator
as (archive footage)
as Mother Abagail