Editing Ruby Dee (section)

===Filmography===
[[File:The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) still 1.jpg|thumb|270px|{{center|Ruby Dee and [[Joel Fluellen]] (center) in<br>''[[The Jackie Robinson Story]]'' (1950)}}]]
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!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
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|1946 || ''[[That Man of Mine]]''<ref name=cnn_obit/> || Joan || First film
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|rowspan=2|1947 || ''Easy to Get''<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical Movies on the Web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films/medicalmoviesontheweb/easytogetessay.html|website=Nlm.nih.gov|date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=April 20, 2023}}</ref> ||Drugstore girl ||U.S. Army venereal disease training film
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| ''[[The Fight Never Ends]]''<ref name=deecredits2/> || Jane||
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|1948 || ''What a Guy'' ||<ref name=deecredits2/> || 
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|rowspan=2|1950 || ''[[The Jackie Robinson Story]]'' ||Rae Robinson ||
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| ''[[No Way Out (1950 film)|No Way Out]]''|| Connie Brooks||Uncredited
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|1951 || ''[[The Tall Target]]'' ||Rachel ||
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|1954 || ''[[Go, Man, Go!]]'' ||Irma Jackson ||
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|1957 || ''[[Edge of the City]]''||Lucy Tyler ||
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|rowspan=2|1958 || ''[[St. Louis Blues (1958 film)|St. Louis Blues]]'' || Elizabeth||
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| ''[[Virgin Island (1958 film)|Virgin Island]]'' || Ruth||
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|1959 || ''[[Take a Giant Step]]'' ||Christine ||
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|1961 || ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' || Ruth Younger||
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|rowspan=2|1963 || ''[[The Balcony (film)|The Balcony]]'' || Thief||
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| ''[[Gone Are the Days!]]'' || Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins||
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|1967 || ''[[The Incident (1967 film)|The Incident]]''||Joan Robinson ||
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|1968 || ''[[Uptight (film)|Up Tight!]]'' ||Laurie ||
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|1970 || ''[[King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis]]'' || Herself|| Documentary
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|rowspan=2|1972 || ''[[Buck and the Preacher]]'' ||Ruth ||
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| ''[[Black Girl (1972 film)|Black Girl]]'' || Netta's Mother||
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|1973 || ''[[Wattstax]]'' || Herself||
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|1975 || ''Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama''<ref>{{cite news|author=Mary Emblen; Alvin Klein |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/29/nyregion/new-jersey-guide.html |title=New Jersey Guide – 'Star Trek' Exhibition |work = The New York Times |date=January 29, 1995 |access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> || Herself || Short
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|1976 || ''[[Countdown at Kusini]]''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> ||Leah Matanzima ||
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|1980 || ''The Torture of Mothers''<ref name=deecredits2>{{cite web |url=http://www.ossieandruby.com/dee-credits-2.html |title=Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Ruby Dee Film Credits |publisher=Ossieandruby.com |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704204419/http://ossieandruby.com/dee-credits-2.html |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> || || Short
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|1982 || ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'' ||Female ||
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|1989 || ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' || Mother Sister||
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|1990 || ''[[Love at Large]]'' || Corrine Dart||
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|1991 || ''[[Jungle Fever]]'' ||Lucinda Purify ||
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|rowspan=2|1993 || ''[[Color Adjustment]]'' || Narrator ||Documentary
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| ''[[Cop and a Half]]'' ||Rachel ||
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|rowspan=2|1995 || ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' || Evangeline||
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| ''Tuesday Morning Ride''<ref>{{cite web|last=Scott |first=Jill |url=http://www.essence.com/2014/06/12/ruby-dee-jill-scott-kerry-washington-essence |title=Ruby Dee: Jill Scott, Kerry Washington and More on the Grande Dame |publisher=Essence.com |date=April 10, 2014 |access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> || Jennie || Short
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|1997 || ''[[A Simple Wish]]'' ||Hortense ||
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|1998 || ''A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner''|| Narrator|| Documentary<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
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|rowspan=2|1999 || ''[[Baby Geniuses]]''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> ||Margo ||
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| ''The Unfinished Journey''<ref>{{cite web|last=Feb |first=Posted |url=http://www.backstage.com/news/sag-life-achievement-award-goes-to-ossie-ruby/ |title=SAG Life Achievement Award Goes To Ossie, Ruby |publisher=Backstage |date=February 20, 2001 |access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> || Narrator || Short
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|2003 || ''[[Beah Richards|Beah: A Black Woman Speaks]]''||Herself ||Documentary
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|rowspan=2|2006 || ''[[No. 2 (film)|No. 2]]''||Nanna Maria ||
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|''The Way Back Home''||Maude ||
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|rowspan=3|2007 || ''All About Us''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> ||Ms. Ella ||
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| ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''|| Mama Lucas||
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| ''[[Steam (film)|Steam]]'' ||Doris ||
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|rowspan=2|2009 || ''[[The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll]]''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> || Miss Candy||
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| ''The New Neighbors''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lmc-tv.org/node/844 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615100659/http://www.lmc-tv.org/node/844 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2014 |title=The New Metropolis Airing Tuesday Nights on LMC-TV  |publisher=Lmc-tv.org |access-date=June 13, 2014 }}</ref> || Narrator || Short
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|2010 || ''Dream Street'' ||Laura ||<ref>{{cite web |author=Yahoo Movies |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/dream-street-2 |title=Dream Street |publisher=Yahoo.com |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312075923/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/dream-street-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|rowspan=3|2011 || ''Video Girl''||Valerie ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/ty_hodges_video_girl_starring_meagan_good_ruby_dee_on_dvd_and_vod_this_week |title="Video Girl" Starring Meagan Good, Ruby Dee On DVD and Blu Ray This Week&#124;Shadow and Act |work=Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |access-date=June 13, 2014 |last1=Martinez |first1=Vanessa }}</ref>
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| ''[[Politics of Love]]''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> || Grandma 'Estelle' Roseanne Gupta||
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| ''Red & Blue Marbles''<ref name=nyt_filmography/> ||Professor June Wright ||
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|rowspan=2|2012|| ''Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal'' || Herself||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/now-you-too-will-be-able-to-see-long-distance-revolutionary-a-journey-with-mumia-abu-jamal |title=Now You Too Will Be Able To See 'Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal'&#124;Shadow and Act |work=Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |access-date=June 13, 2014 |last1=Obenson |first1=Tambay A. }}</ref>
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| ''[[A Thousand Words (film)|A Thousand Words]]'' ||Annie McCall ||<ref name=nyt_filmography>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/18243/Ruby-Dee/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716163333/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/18243/Ruby-Dee/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |title=Ruby Dee – Filmography – Movies & TV |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
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| 2013 || ''[[1982 (2013 film)|1982]]''|| Rose Brown|| Final role
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