Ruby Dee · Actor
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Sealed
TBA
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Self
Baby of the Family
Sealed
TBA
Baby of the Family
Love in Exile
Sealed
2026
Love in Exile
Sealed
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Sealed
2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Sealed
2013
Betty and Coretta
Narrator
Sealed
2012
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
Sealed
2011
Video Girl
Valerie
Sealed
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
Sealed
2011
Politics of Love
Sealed
2009
America
Mrs. Harper
Sealed
2009
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
2007
Steam
Doris
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Sealed
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Sealed
2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself
Sealed
2007
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
Sealed
2007
All About Us
Ms. Ella
Sealed
2006
The Way Back Home
Maude
Sealed
2006
No. 2
Nanna Maria
Sealed
2006
Discovering William Greaves
Self
Sealed
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
Sealed
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Sealed
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
Sealed
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Sealed
2002
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self
Sealed
2001
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
Sealed
2001
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
Sealed
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry
Sealed
2000
A Storm in Summer
Grandmother
Sealed
1999
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Sealed
1999
Passing Glory
Mommit Porter
Sealed
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Sealed
1999
Baby Geniuses
Margo
Sealed
1998
The Wall
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Sealed
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Sealed
1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
Sealed
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
1997
A Simple Wish
Hortence
Sealed
1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia
Sealed
1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo
Sealed
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
Jennie
Sealed
1995
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
Sealed
1994
Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)
Sealed
1994
The Stand
Sealed
1993
The Ernest Green Story
Lydia Wilson
Sealed
1993
Cop & ½
Rachel
Sealed
1993
After Goodbye
Narrator
Sealed
1992
Color Adjustment
Narrator
Sealed
1991
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
Sealed
1991
Jazztime Tale
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1990
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
Sealed
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother
Sealed
1990
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
Sealed
1990
Decoration Day
Rowena
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Sealed
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
Sealed
1989
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
Sealed
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes
Sealed
1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone
Sealed
1982
Cat People
Female
Sealed
1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Sealed
1980
All God's Children
Irene Whitfield
Sealed
1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter
Sealed
1976
Countdown at Kusini
Leah Matanzima
Sealed
1974
Wedding Band
Julia Augustine
Sealed
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
Ruth Campanella
Chelsea D.H.O.
Sealed
1973
Chelsea D.H.O.
Dr. Bianca Pearson
Sealed
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
On Merit
Sealed
1972
On Merit
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
Sealed
1972
Black Girl
Netta's mother
Sealed
1971
The Sheriff
Sue Ann Lucas
Sealed
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
1969
Deadlock
Lucinda
Sealed
1968
Uptight
Laurie
Sealed
1967
The Incident
Joan Robinson
Now is the Time
Sealed
1967
Now is the Time
Self
Neighbours
Sealed
1966
Neighbours
Vicky Kingsbury
Sealed
1963
The Balcony
Thief
Sealed
1963
Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Sealed
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
Sealed
1959
Virgin Island
Ruth
Sealed
1959
Take a Giant Step
Christine
Sealed
1958
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
Sealed
1957
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
Sealed
1954
Go Man Go
Irma Jackson
Sealed
1951
The Tall Target
Rachel
Sealed
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
Sealed
1950
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Sealed
1948
What a Guy
Sealed
1948
The Fight Never Ends
Sealed
1947
Easy to Get
Drugstore Girl
Sealed
1946
That Man of Mine
Joan
Sealed
1946
Love in Syncopation