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
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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
732010s
4 titles · average score 61
67
as Narrator
59
as Annie McCall
57
as Valerie
as Miss Candy
2000s
12 titles · average score 61
49
as Mrs. Harper
as Narrator (voice)
76
as Mama Lucas
as Doris
as Ms. Ella
62
as Nanna Maria
as (archive footage)
56
as Elsie Claviere
as Emelda West
59
as Mrs. Henry
63
as Grandmother
1990s
25 titles · average score 61
75
as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
33
as Margo
61
as Mommit Porter
57
as Narrator (voice)
54
as Hortence
63
as Evangeline Ferguson
71
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
43
as Rachel
71
as Narrator
64
as Lucinda Purify
71
as Rowena
1980s
6 titles · average score 68
78
as Mother Sister
65
as Mrs. Grimes
61
as Female
as Mary Tyrone
as Irene Whitfield
1970s
9 titles · average score 60
56
as Grandmother Baxter
as Leah Matanzima
as Ruth Campanella
as Julia Augustine
as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
as Netta's mother
as Narrator (voice)
as Sue Ann Lucas
1960s
7 titles · average score 69
as Lucinda
70
as Laurie
74
as Joan Robinson
as Vicky Kingsbury
67
as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
55
as Thief
78
as Ruth Younger
1950s
8 titles · average score 73
as Christine
as Ruth
74
as Elizabeth
71
as Lucy Tyler
as Irma Jackson
70
as Rachel
64
as Rae Robinson
87
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1940s
2 titles
as Drugstore Girl
as Joan