Ruby Dee - Filmography

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Filmography

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Character: Mother Sister - Leading

Jungle Fever (1991)
Character: Lucinda Purify - Leading

American Gangster (2007)
Character: Mama Lucas

Cat People (1982)
Character: Female - Leading

Just Cause (1995)
Character: Evangeline Ferguson - Leading

Cop and ½ (1993)
Character: Rachel - Leading

A Simple Wish (1997)
Character: Hortence

Baby Geniuses (1999)
Character: Margo

Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Character: Ruth - Leading

The Tall Target (1951)
Character: Rachel - Leading

No Way Out (1950)
Character: Connie Brooks (uncredited)

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Character: Ruth Younger - Leading

Edge of the City (1957)
Character: Lucy Tyler - Leading

All About Us (2007)
Character: Ms. Ella - Leading

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Character: Rae Robinson - Leading

The Incident (1967)
Character: Joan Robinson - Leading

A Thousand Words (2012)
Character: Annie McCall

Black Girl (1972)
Character: Netta's mother

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Character: Self (archive footage)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Character: Grandmother Baxter - Leading

Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
Character: Mrs. Grimes

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Character: Self

Jazztime Tale (1991)
Character: Narrator (voice) - Leading

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Character: (archive footage)

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998)
Character: Narrator - Leading

The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Character: Lydia Wilson

The Stand (1994)
Character: Mother Abagail Freemantle - Leading

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