Ruby Dee

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Actor Credits

• American Gangster (2007)
  Mama Lucas
• Steamroom (2007)
  Doris
• Naming Number Two (2006)
  Nanna Maria
• Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
  Herself
• The Feast of All Saints (2001)
• Baby Geniuses (1999)
  Margo
• Passing Glory (1999)
• Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1999)
• The Wall (1998)
• A Simple Wish (1997)
  Hortense
• Mr. & Mrs. Loving (1996)
• Just Cause (1995)
  Evangeline Ferguson
• Tuesday Morning Ride (1994)
  Jennie
• The Stand (1994)
• Cop and A Half (1993)
  Rachel
• Color Adjustment (1992)
• Hands Upon the Heart (1991)
• Jungle Fever (1991)
  Lucinda Purify
• Decoration Day (1990)
• Love at Large (1990)
  Corinne Dart
• The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
  Mother Sister
• Making "Do the Right Thing" (1989)
  Herself
• Zora is My Name! (1989)
• Windmills of the Gods (1987)
• Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
  Mrs Grimes
• Wild Style (1983)
  Fantastic Freak
• Cat People (1982)
  Female
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1981)
• All God's Children (1980)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
• Countdown at Kusini (1976)
  Leah Matanzima
• It's Good to Be Alive: The Roy Campanella Story (1974)
• Black Girl (1972)
  Netta's Mother
• Buck and the Preacher (1972)
  Ruth
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
  Herself
• Uptight (1968)
  Laurie
• The Incident (1967)
  Joan Robinson
• Gone Are the Days (1963)
  Lutiebelle
• The Balcony (1963)
  Thief
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
  Ruth
• Virgin Island (1960)
  Ruth
• Take a Giant Step (1959)
  Christine--the Maid
• St. Louis Blues (1958)
  Elizabeth
• Edge of the City (1957)
  Lucy Tyler
• Go, Man, Go! (1954)
  Irma Jackson
• No Way Out (1950)
• The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
• Dream Street
  Ms. Nay Nay
• Red and Blue Marbles
  Professor Wright
• The Way Back Home
  Maude

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Writing Credits

• Uptight (1968)
  screenplay

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