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
352000s
2 titles · average score 81
77
as Mrs. Harper
85
as Mama Lucas
1990s
11 titles · average score 72
76
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
70
as Sophia
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
70
TV show · as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
as Lydia Wilson
73
as Narrator
77
as Lucinda Purify
70
as Rowena
70
as Jackie's Mother
1980s
6 titles · average score 77
87
as Mother Sister
71
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
75
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
TV show
83
TV show · as Mammy Watkins
72
as Female
1970s
4 titles · average score 78
76
TV show · as Queen Haley
as Julia Augustine
81
as Netta's mother
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
5 titles · average score 74
74
as Elizabeth
72
as Lucy Tyler
70
as Rachel
85
TV show · as Rowena Finch
71
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)