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Ruby Dee
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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).
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A Thousand Words
2012 · Annie McCall
American Gangster
2007 · Mama Lucas
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
2007 · Herself
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Mother Sister
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Faye Williams