Ruby Dee
Born:
1922-10-27
From:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) and American Gangster (2007).
Acting
Poitier's Walter Lee
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Betty and Coretta
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Thousand Words
Video Girl
Politics of Love
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
America
Steam
American Gangster
All About Us
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Discovering William Greaves
The Way Back Home
No. 2
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Taking Back Our Town
