Ruby Dee

Love in Exile 2026

Betty and Coretta 2013 · Narrator

A Thousand Words 2012 · Annie McCall

Politics of Love 2011

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll 2011 · Miss Candy

Video Girl 2011 · Valerie

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School 2009 · Narrator (voice)

America 2009 · Mrs. Harper

All About Us 2007 · Ms. Ella

American Gangster 2007 · Mama Lucas

Steam 2007 · Doris

No. 2 2006 · Nanna Maria

The Way Back Home 2006 · Maude

Their Eyes Were Watching God 2005 · Nanny

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

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years 2002 · Narrator

Feast of All Saints 2001 · Elsie Claviere

Taking Back Our Town 2001 · Emelda West

A Storm in Summer 2000 · Grandmother

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000 · Mary Wilson

Finding Buck McHenry 2000 · Mrs. Henry

Baby Geniuses 1999 · Margo

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 1999 · Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Little Bill 1999

Passing Glory 1999 · Mommit Porter

The Unfinished Journey 1999 · Narrator (voice)

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner 1998 · Narrator

The Wall 1998 · Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

A Simple Wish 1997 · Hortence

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story 1996 · Indigo

Mr. and Mrs. Loving 1996 · Sophia

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995 · Grandma (voice) Just Cause 1995 · Evangeline Ferguson

Tuesday Morning Ride 1995 · Jennie

The Stand 1994 · Mother Abagail Freemantle Touched by an Angel 1994 · LaBelle Springbelt

Whitewash 1994 · Grandmother (voice)

After Goodbye 1993 · Narrator

Cop & ½ 1993 · Rachel

The Ernest Green Story 1993 · Lydia Wilson

Color Adjustment 1992 · Narrator

Middle Ages 1992 · Estelle Williams

Jazztime Tale 1991 · Narrator (voice)

Jungle Fever 1991 · Lucinda Purify

Decoration Day 1990 · Rowena

Love at Large 1990 · Corrine Dart

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1990 · Jackie's Mother

Zora is My Name! 1990 · Zora Neale Hurston

Do the Right Thing 1989 · Mother Sister American Experience 1988 · Narrator (voice)

China Beach 1988

Lincoln 1988 · Elizabeth Keckley

Spenser: For Hire 1985

The Atlanta Child Murders 1985 · Faye Williams

The Golden Girls 1985 · Mammy Watkins

Go Tell It on the Mountain 1984 · Mrs. Grimes

American Playhouse 1982 · Zora Neale Hurston

Cat People 1982 · Female

Long Day's Journey Into Night 1982 · Mary Tyrone

All God's Children 1980 · Irene Whitfield

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six 1980

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1979 · Grandmother Baxter

Roots: The Next Generations 1979 · Queen Haley

Countdown at Kusini 1976 · Leah Matanzima

It's Good to Be Alive 1974 · Ruth Campanella

Police Woman 1974

Wedding Band 1974 · Julia Augustine

Chelsea D.H.O. 1973 · Dr. Bianca Pearson

Black Girl 1972 · Netta's mother

Buck and the Preacher 1972 · Ruth

On Merit 1972 · Narrator (voice)

To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972 · Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

The Sheriff 1971 · Sue Ann Lucas

Deadlock 1969 · Lucinda

Uptight 1968 · Laurie

The Incident 1967 · Joan Robinson

Neighbours 1966 · Vicky Kingsbury

Gone Are the Days! 1963 · Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

The Balcony 1963 · Thief

The Fugitive 1963 · Laura Smith

The Great Adventure 1963 · Harriet Tubman

A Raisin in the Sun 1961 · Ruth Younger

The Defenders 1961 · Catherine Collins

Take a Giant Step 1959 · Christine

Virgin Island 1959 · Ruth

St. Louis Blues 1958 · Elizabeth

Edge of the City 1957 · Lucy Tyler

Armchair Theatre 1956 · Vicky Kingsbury

Go Man Go 1954 · Irma Jackson

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 · Rowena Finch

The Tall Target 1951 · Rachel

No Way Out 1950 · Connie Brooks (uncredited) The Jackie Robinson Story 1950 · Rae Robinson

The Fight Never Ends 1948

What a Guy 1948

Easy to Get 1947 · Drugstore Girl

Love in Syncopation 1946

That Man of Mine 1946 · Joan

American Playhouse 1982 · Writer

Uptight 1968 · Writer

Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial 1983 · Vocals