Ruby Dee
Nata il 27 ottobre 1922 a Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Deceduta il 11 giugno 2014.
Biografia
Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story ...
Filmografia
Betty and Coretta
2013•Narrator
Una bugia di troppo
2012•Annie McCall
Video Girl
2011•Valerie
Politics of Love
2011•Attore
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011•Miss Candy
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009•Narrator (voice)
America
2009•Mrs. Harper
Steam
2007•Doris
American Gangster
2007•Mama Lucas
All About Us
2007•Ms. Ella
No. 2
2006•Nanna Maria
Con gli occhi rivolti al cielo
2005•Nanny
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004•(archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003•Attore
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002•Narrator
Taking Back Our Town
2001•Emelda West
Feast of All Saints
2001•Elsie Claviere
Il grande Buck McHenry
2000•Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer - Temporale d'estate
2000•Grandmother
No Image
The Unfinished Journey
1999•Narrator (voice)
Little Bill
1999•Attore
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999•Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Un genio in pannolino
1999•Margo
Una partita per la libertà
1999•Mommit Porter
No Image
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
1998•Narrator
The Wall
1998•Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Un semplice desiderio
1997•Hortence
Cuore in catene
1996•Indigo
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
1996•Sophia
La giusta causa
1995•Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995•Jennie
Whitewash
1994•Grandmother (voice)
The Stand
1994•Mother Abagail Freemantle
L'ombra dello scorpione
1994•Mother Abagail Freemantle
After Goodbye
1993•Narrator
Un piedipiatti e mezzo
1993•Rachel
The Ernest Green Story
1993•Lydia Wilson
Middle Ages
1992•Estelle Williams
Color Adjustment
1992•Narrator
Jazztime Tale
1991•Narrator (voice)
Jungle Fever
1991•Lucinda Purify
Decoration Day
1990•Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990•Jackie's Mother
Un amore passeggero
1990•Corrine Dart
Zora is My Name!
1990•Zora Neale Hurston
Fa' la cosa giusta
1989•Mother Sister
Lincoln
1988•Elizabeth Keckley
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985•Faye Williams
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1985•Mrs. Grimes
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982•Mary Tyrone
Il bacio della pantera
1982•Female
All God's Children
1980•Irene Whitfield
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980•Attore
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979•Grandmother Baxter
Radici - Le nuove generazioni
1979•Queen Victoria Haley
Countdown at Kusini
1976•Leah Matanzima
Wedding Band
1974•Julia Augustine
It's Good to Be Alive
1974•Ruth Campanella
Black Girl
1972•Netta's mother
Non predicare... spara!
1972•Ruth
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972•Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
No Image
On Merit
1972•Narrator (voice)
The Sheriff
1971•Sue Ann Lucas
Deadlock
1969•Lucinda
Uptight
1968•Laurie
New York: ore 3 - L'ora dei vigliacchi
1967•Joan Robinson
No Image
Neighbours
1966•Vicky Kingsbury
Gone Are the Days!
1963•Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony
1963•Thief
Un grappolo di sole
1961•Ruth Younger
Take a Giant Step
1959•Christine
Sabbie roventi
1959•Ruth
St. Louis Blues
1958•Elizabeth
Nel fango della periferia
1957•Lucy Tyler
Go Man Go
1954•Irma Jackson
Bersaglio eccellente
1951•Rachel
Uomo bianco tu vivrai!
1950•Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950•Rae Robinson
The Fight Never Ends
1948•Attore
What a Guy
1948•Attore
Easy to Get
1947•Drugstore Girl
Love in Syncopation
1946•Attore
That Man of Mine
1946•Joan