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
312000s
2 titles · average score 77
76
as Mama Lucas
78
TV show · as Mary Wilson
1990s
8 titles · average score 71
75
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
as Lydia Wilson
71
as Narrator
71
as Rowena
as Jackie's Mother
1980s
7 titles · average score 75
78
as Mother Sister
71
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
78
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
TV show
78
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
70
TV show
1970s
2 titles · average score 76
76
TV show · as Queen Victoria Haley
as Julia Augustine
1960s
7 titles · average score 74
as Lucinda
70
as Laurie
74
as Joan Robinson
76
TV show · as Laura Smith
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
78
as Ruth Younger
70
TV show · as Catherine Collins
1950s
5 titles · average score 77
74
as Elizabeth
71
as Lucy Tyler
70
as Rachel
83
TV show · as Rowena Finch
87
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)