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
222000s
2 titles · average score 85
85
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002)
TV show · as Narrator
1990s
4 titles · average score 72
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
70
The Stand (1994)
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
77
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
1980s
7 titles · average score 74
87
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Mother Sister
71
Lincoln (1988)
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
75
American Experience (1988)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
China Beach (1988)
TV show
62
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Faye Williams
83
The Golden Girls (1985)
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
63
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
as Mrs. Grimes
1970s
2 titles · average score 77
76
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV show · as Queen Haley
1960s
4 titles · average score 76
70
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
89
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Ruth Younger
70
The Defenders (1961)
TV show · as Catherine Collins
1950s
3 titles · average score 67
70
The Tall Target (1951)
as Rachel
61
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Rae Robinson
71
No Way Out (1950)
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)