Ruby Dee

Actress

Movies
2013	1982
	Betty and Coretta (TV movie)
2012	A Thousand Words
2011	Politics of Love
	Red & Blue Marbles
	Video Girl
2009	America (TV movie)
	The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2007	All About Us
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	American Gangster
	Steam
2006	No. 2
	The Way Back Home
2005	Dream Street
2004	Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV movie)
2002	Baby of the Family
2001	Taking Back Our Town (TV movie)
	The Feast of All Saints (TV movie)
2000	A Storm in Summer (TV movie)
	Finding Buck McHenry (TV movie)
1999	Baby Geniuses
	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie)
	Passing Glory (TV movie)
1998	Wall, The (TV movie)
1997	A Simple Wish
1996	Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (TV movie)
	Mr. & Mrs. Loving (TV movie)
	Stories from the Edge (TV movie)
1995	Just Cause
1994	Whitewash (TV movie)
1993	Cop & 1/2
	Ernest Green Story, The (TV movie)
	The Poetry Hall of Fame (TV movie)
1991	Jazztime Tale (TV movie)
	Jungle Fever
1990	Decoration Day (TV movie)
	Love at Large
	The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (TV movie)
1989	Do the Right Thing
1988	Lincoln (TV movie)
	Windmills of the Gods (TV movie)
1985	Go Tell It On the Mountain (TV movie)
1982	Cat People
1980	All God's Children (TV movie)
	Torture of Mothers, The
1979	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV movie)
1976	Countdown at Kusini
1974	It's Good to Be Alive (TV movie)
1972	Black Girl
	Buck and the Preacher
	To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (TV movie)
1971	The Sheriff (TV movie)
1969	Deadlock (TV movie)
1968	Uptight!
1967	The Incident
1963	Gone Are the Days!
	The Balcony
1962	Seven Times Monday (TV movie)
1961	A Raisin in the Sun
1959	Take a Giant Step
1958	St. Louis Blues
	Virgin Island
1957	Edge of the City
1956	The Great American Pastime
1954	Go, Man, Go!
1951	The Tall Target
1950	No Way Out
	The Jackie Robinson Story
1948	The Fight Never Ends
	What a Guy
1947	That Man of Mine
1946	First Year, The (TV movie)

Series
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Empty Eyes (S07E18)
2005	Character Studies
1999	Little Bill
1994	The Stand
	The Stand (E04)
	The Betrayal (E03)
	The Dreams (E02)
	The Plague (E01)
1992	Middle Ages
1990	The Golden Girls
	Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy (S06E05)
1987	Spenser: For Hire
	Personal Demons (S02E14)
1985	The Atlanta Child Murders
1981	American Playhouse
1980	Ossie and Ruby!
1979	Roots: The Next Generations
	Part VI (1939–1950) (E06)
	Part IV (1918–1921) (E04)
	Part III (1914–1918) (E03)
1975	Police Woman
	Target Black (S01E14)
1964	Peyton Place
1963	The Fugitive
	Decision in the Ring (S01E06)
1952	The Guiding Light

Documentaries
2017	Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
2014	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2009	A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School - narrator
	Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
2008	Meet Mary Pleasant (TV movie)
2007	In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2006	Lockdown, USA
2003	Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002	Broadway Legends (TV movie)
	Hughes' Dream Harlem (TV movie)
	Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV movie)
2001	Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (series)
	Intimate Portrait: Rosa Parks (TV movie)
2000	The Directors: Spike Lee
1999	The Unfinished Journey
1998	A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
	NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II
	Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (TV movie)
	Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (TV movie)
1997	Sports on the Silver Screen (TV movie)
1995	Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (TV movie)
1994	Homeward Bound (TV movie)
1992	Color Adjustment
1990	Intimate Portrait (series)
1989	Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV movie)
1975	Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1947	Easy to Get

Short
1995	Tuesday Morning Ride

Guest

Shows
2015	The 87th Annual Academy Awards - a.f.
2008	14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
	39th NAACP Image Awards
	The 80th Annual Academy Awards
2006	The 2006 Black Movie Awards
2005	Black Movie Awards, The
2001	7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
1998	An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence
1997	The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
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1994	The 48th Annual Tony Awards
1991	The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1990	22nd NAACP Image Awards
1983	Reading Rainbow
1982	Ebony/Jet Showcase
1979	The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1974	Bicentennial Minutes
1962	The 16th Annual Tony Awards
1951	Frontiers of Faith

Screenwriter

Movies
1968	Uptight!

A Thousand Words (2012)

The Incident (1967)

Betty and Coretta (TV movie)

America (TV movie)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV movie)

Taking Back Our Town (TV movie)

The Feast of All Saints (TV movie)

A Storm in Summer (TV movie)

Finding Buck McHenry (TV movie)

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie)

Passing Glory (TV movie)

Wall, The (TV movie)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (TV movie)

Mr. & Mrs. Loving (TV movie)

Stories from the Edge (TV movie)

Whitewash (TV movie)

Ernest Green Story, The (TV movie)

The Poetry Hall of Fame (TV movie)

Jazztime Tale (TV movie)

Decoration Day (TV movie)

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (TV movie)

Lincoln (TV movie)

Windmills of the Gods (TV movie)

Go Tell It On the Mountain (TV movie)

All God's Children (TV movie)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV movie)

It's Good to Be Alive (TV movie)

To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (TV movie)

The Sheriff (TV movie)

Deadlock (TV movie)

Seven Times Monday (TV movie)

First Year, The (TV movie)

Empty Eyes (S07E18)

The Stand (E04)

The Betrayal (E03)

The Dreams (E02)

The Plague (E01)

Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy (S06E05)

Personal Demons (S02E14)

Part VI (1939–1950) (E06)

Part IV (1918–1921) (E04)

Part III (1914–1918) (E03)

Target Black (S01E14)

Decision in the Ring (S01E06)

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School - narrator

Meet Mary Pleasant (TV movie)

Broadway Legends (TV movie)

Hughes' Dream Harlem (TV movie)

Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV movie)

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (series)

Intimate Portrait: Rosa Parks (TV movie)

Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (TV movie)

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (TV movie)

Sports on the Silver Screen (TV movie)

Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (TV movie)

Homeward Bound (TV movie)

Intimate Portrait (series)

Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV movie)

The 87th Annual Academy Awards - a.f.