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
672010s
2 titles · average score 64
67
as Narrator
61
as Valerie
2000s
10 titles · average score 69
77
as Mrs. Harper
as Narrator (voice)
85
as Mama Lucas
62
as Nanna Maria
TV show · as Narrator
65
as Elsie Claviere
63
as Mrs. Henry
68
TV show · as Mary Wilson
63
as Grandmother
1990s
20 titles · average score 70
76
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
67
as Mommit Porter
70
as Sophia
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
as Grandmother (voice)
71
as Lydia Wilson
73
as Narrator
77
as Lucinda Purify
as Narrator (voice)
70
as Rowena
70
as Jackie's Mother
as Zora Neale Hurston
1980s
10 titles · average score 73
87
as Mother Sister
71
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
75
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
TV show
62
TV show · as Faye Williams
83
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
63
as Mrs. Grimes
69
TV show · as Zora Neale Hurston / Mrs. Grimes
72
as Female
as Mary Tyrone
1970s
10 titles · average score 70
62
as Grandmother Baxter
76
TV show · as Queen Haley
as Ruth Campanella
as Julia Augustine
65
TV show
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
81
as Netta's mother
63
as Sue Ann Lucas
1960s
7 titles · average score 79
as Lucinda
70
as Laurie
83
as Joan Robinson
84
TV show · as Laura Smith
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
89
as Ruth Younger
70
TV show · as Catherine Collins
1950s
8 titles · average score 70
69
as Christine
74
as Elizabeth
72
as Lucy Tyler
60
as Irma Jackson
70
as Rachel
85
TV show · as Rowena Finch
61
as Rae Robinson
71
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)