Acting
Ruby Dee
- Titles
- 88movies29TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2013, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 41top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Do the Right Thing87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.5average 3.6
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Wholesome4.0average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 4
- Political Intrigue 3
- Social Justice 3
- Period Piece 3
- Redemptive Arc 2
- Absurdist Premise 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Biographical 2
- Educational 2
- Crime Investigation 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ossie DavisActorAmerican Playhouse, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Feast of All Saints, The Ernest Green Story, +8 more
Sidney PoitierActorA Raisin in the Sun, Edge of the City, Buck and the Preacher, Go Man Go
Terence BlanchardComposerJungle Fever, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Betty and Coretta
Paul BenjaminActorDo the Right Thing, The Atlanta Child Murders, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Edward James OlmosActorAmerican Playhouse, The Unfinished Journey, The Wall
Diahann CarrollActorHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Color Adjustment
Bill NunnActorDo the Right Thing, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, Passing Glory
Louis Gossett Jr.ActorA Raisin in the Sun, Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, It's Good to Be Alive- EErnest KinoyWriterAmerican Playhouse, Lincoln, Buck and the Preacher
John TurturroActorDo the Right Thing, Jungle Fever
James Earl JonesActorThe Atlanta Child Murders, Feast of All Saints
Kathleen TurnerActorBaby Geniuses, A Simple Wish
Movies and TV shows
552010s
2 titles · average score 64
68
as Narrator
60
as Valerie
2000s
9 titles · average score 66
as Narrator (voice)
79
as Mama Lucas
63
as Nanna Maria
63
as Maude
as (archive footage)
65
as Elsie Claviere
65
as Mrs. Henry
63
as Grandmother
1990s
17 titles · average score 70
75
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
68
as Mommit Porter
71
as Sophia
as Grandmother (voice)
71
as Lydia Wilson
73
as Narrator
72
as Lucinda Purify
as Narrator (voice)
72
as Jackie's Mother
70
as Rowena
as Zora Neale Hurston
1980s
5 titles · average score 75
87
as Mother Sister
63
as Mrs. Grimes
as Mary Tyrone
as Irene Whitfield
1970s
9 titles · average score 63
62
as Grandmother Baxter
as Leah Matanzima
as Ruth Campanella
as Julia Augustine
as Dr. Bianca Pearson
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
68
as Netta's mother
63
as Sue Ann Lucas
1960s
5 titles · average score 79
as Lucinda
77
as Laurie
83
as Joan Robinson
71
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
85
as Ruth Younger
1950s
6 titles · average score 71
69
as Christine
as Ruth
74
as Elizabeth
72
as Lucy Tyler
61
as Rae Robinson
80
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
2 titles
as Drugstore Girl
as Joan