Biography
Ruby Dee
Acting
Ruby Dee was an American actress. She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005. She received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Obie Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. She was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2000, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In total, there are 121 recognized credits…
Career works
121
Movies
92
Series
29
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
10/27/1922
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of death
06/11/2014
Filmography highlights
Movies
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Love in Exile
2026
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · 1.5
Betty and Coretta
2013 · 7.2
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · 10.0
A Thousand Words
2012 · 6.1
Video Girl
2011 · 6.1
Politics of Love
2011 · 3.3
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011 · 5.5
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
2009 · 7.3
America
2009 · 3.5
Steam
2007 · 2.5
American Gangster
2007 · 7.6
All About Us
2007 · 4.4
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · 6.5
Series
Hollywood Black
2024 · 3.0
Iconoclasts
2005 · 7.5
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · 6.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
Little Bill
1999 · 6.9
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Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
The Stand
1994 · 6.8
Middle Ages
1992 · 7.5
American Experience
1988 · 6.5
China Beach
1988 · 7.5
Lincoln
1988 · 7.5
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9
The Golden Girls
1985 · 7.6