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Ruby Dee

Acting

Ruby Dee

Born
1922-10-27 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
2014-06-11
Filmography
123 titles on TMDB
About Ruby Dee

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).

Backdrop from American Gangster

Films & television

94 titles

Lucinda Purify

Evangeline Ferguson

Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Zora Neale Hurston

Joan Robinson

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