Personal Info
- Known For
- Acting
Ruby Dee
Known For
Movie Filmography
American Gangster
as Mama Lucas
The Sheriff
as Sue Ann Lucas
Do the Right Thing
as Mother Sister
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
All About Us
as Ms. Ella
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
No Way Out
as Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Take a Giant Step
as Christine
Cop & ½
as Rachel
Go Man Go
as Irma Jackson
Finding Buck McHenry
as Mrs. Henry
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
as Narrator
Discovering William Greaves
as Self
Jazztime Tale
as Narrator (voice)
Cat People
as Female
The Ernest Green Story
as Lydia Wilson
Jungle Fever
as Lucinda Purify
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
Baby Geniuses
as Margo
A Simple Wish
as Hortence
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
as Jackie's Mother
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
All God's Children
as Irene Whitfield
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
Just Cause
as Evangeline Ferguson
No. 2
as Nanna Maria
A Thousand Words
as Annie McCall
TV Filmography
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
Little Bill
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Faye Williams
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator
Middle Ages
as Estelle Williams
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
as Herself - Narrator