Born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA — Oct 27 1922• Died Jun 11 2014

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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Mary Wilson

Self

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Laura Smith

LaBelle Springbelt

Mammy Watkins


Catherine Collins

Self

Grandma (voice)


Mother Abagail Freemantle


Self - Narrator (voice)

Harriet Tubman

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Queen Haley

Self

Mama Lucas

Rowena Finch

Mother Sister


Faye Williams

Female

Evangeline Ferguson

Rae Robinson

Annie McCall

Lucinda Purify

Vicky Kingsbury

Rachel

Margo

Self (archive footage)

Valerie

Hortence

Self (archive footage)

Nanna Maria

Elsie Claviere

Estelle Williams

Ruth Younger

Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

Laurie

Grandmother

Lucy Tyler

Corrine Dart

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Indigo

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Ruth

Ms. Ella

Miss Candy

Nanny

Self

Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Sophia

Lucinda

Rowena

Emelda West

Rachel


Sue Ann Lucas

Netta's mother
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Vicky Kingsbury

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Mommit Porter
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Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Joan Robinson

Irene Whitfield

Mrs. Harper

Mrs. Grimes

Irma Jackson

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Thief

Doris

Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

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Christine

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Zora Neale Hurston

Jackie's Mother

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Jennie


Elizabeth

Grandmother (voice)

Grandmother Baxter

Leah Matanzima

Ruth Campanella

Mrs. Henry

Ruth

Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

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Lydia Wilson
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Julia Augustine


Maude

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Herself

Mary Tyrone

Joan
Dr. Bianca Pearson

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Self

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Drugstore Girl

Self (archive footage)

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