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Ruby Dee

Birth Name:Ruby Ann Wallace

Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Profession Actress, Writer, Soundtrack

based on the stage play by

1 Credit
American Playhouse

screenplay

1 Credit
Up Tight

Actress

92 Credits
1982
Betty & Coretta
A Thousand Words
Politics of Love
Video Girl
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
America
Steam
American Gangster
All About Us
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Way Back Home
No. 2
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Fatherhood
Little Bill
Taking Back Our Town
The Feast of All Saints
Between the Lions
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Finding Buck McHenry
A Storm in Summer
Touched by an Angel
Having Our Say
Baby Geniuses
Passing Glory
Cosby
Promised Land
A Simple Wish
Stories from the Edge
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Tuesday Morning Ride
American Masters
Just Cause
Whitewash
Stephen King's 'The Stand'
Cop & 1/2
Evening Shade
The Ernest Green Story
Middle Ages
Jungle Fever
Decoration Day
The Golden Girls
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
China Beach
American Playhouse
Love at Large
American Experience
Do the Right Thing
Gore Vidal's 'Lincoln'
Sidney Sheldon's 'Windmills of the Gods'
Spenser: For Hire
The Atlanta Child Murders
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Cat People
All God's Children
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Roots: The Next Generations
Watch Your Mouth!
Countdown at Kusini
Police Woman
It's Good to Be Alive
Tenafly
Black Girl
Buck and the Preacher
The Sheriff
Peyton Place
Up Tight
Guiding Light
The Incident
Armchair Theatre
The Defenders
East Side/West Side
The Great Adventure
The Fugitive
Purlie Victorious
Nurses
The Balcony
Alcoa Premiere
A Raisin in the Sun
The Play of the Week
Take a Giant Step
Virgin Island
St. Louis Blues
Edge of the City
The Great American Pastime
Go, Man, Go
The Tall Target
No Way Out
The Jackie Robinson Story
That Man of Mine

performer

2 Credits
The Landlord
Stephen King's 'The Stand'

Archive_sound

1 Credit
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter

Self

49 Credits
Life's Essentials With Ruby Dee
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Wendy Williams Show
Sing Your Song
For Love of Liberty: The Stories of America's Black Patriots
The Mo'Nique Show
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
The Tyra Show
ET Entertainment Tonight
Tavis Smiley
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Iconoclasts
HBO First Look
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies & the Birth of Black Cinema
Lockdown, USA
Character Studies
Unstoppable: A Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks and Ossie Davis
Book TV
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Hughes' Dream Harlem
Reading Rainbow
Intimate Portrait
The Directors
The Unfinished Journey
American Masters
The Roseanne Show
A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Charlie Rose
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Great Performances
After Goodbye: An AIDS Story
Color Adjustment
Today
Ebony/Jet Showcase
Tony Brown's Journal
Wattstax
SOUL
The Mike Douglas Show
The Dick Cavett Show
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis
Look Up and Live
The Merv Griffin Show
Camera Three
I've Got a Secret
To Tell the Truth
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Password
The DuPont Show of the Week