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
182000s
3 titles · average score 76
76
American Gangster (2007)
as Mama Lucas
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002)
TV show · as Narrator
1990s
3 titles · average score 61
57
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
71
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Lydia Wilson
1980s
5 titles · average score 71
71
Lincoln (1988)
TV show · as Elizabeth Keckley
78
American Experience (1988)
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
77
China Beach (1988)
TV show
63
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV show · as Faye Williams
65
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
as Mrs. Grimes
1970s
2 titles · average score 70
76
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV show · as Queen Victoria Haley
1960s
2 titles · average score 70
70
Uptight (1968)
as Laurie
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV show · as Harriet Tubman
1950s
3 titles · average score 78
83
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV show · as Rowena Finch
64
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Rae Robinson
87
No Way Out (1950)
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)