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
252000s
1 title · average score 79
79
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
1990s
10 titles · average score 72
75
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
71
Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
as Sophia
71
The Stand (1994)
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
73
Color Adjustment (1992)
as Narrator
72
Jungle Fever (1991)
as Lucinda Purify
72
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
as Jackie's Mother
70
Decoration Day (1990)
as Rowena
Zora is My Name! (1990)
as Zora Neale Hurston
1980s
2 titles · average score 87
87
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Mother Sister
1970s
2 titles
Wedding Band (1974)
as Julia Augustine
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1960s
5 titles · average score 79
Deadlock (1969)
as Lucinda
77
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
83
The Incident (1967)
as Joan Robinson
71
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
85
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Ruth Younger
1950s
3 titles · average score 75
74
St. Louis Blues (1958)
as Elizabeth
72
Edge of the City (1957)
as Lucy Tyler
80
No Way Out (1950)
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
2 titles
Easy to Get (1947)
as Drugstore Girl
That Man of Mine (1946)
as Joan