RUBY DEE
Alma Miles Lutiebelle Gussie Purlie Victorious Charlie Cotchipee
Peyton Place Victorius Judson Purlie Victorious Purlie Victorious
Ruby Dee Purlie Victorious Ossie Davis Alan Alda
b. 10-27-24 Ruby Dee b. 12-18-17 b. 01-28-36
Ruby Ann Wallace Raiford Chatman Davis
Cleveland Ohio Cogdell, Georgia
Married Davis in 1948
1969 1963
Ruby Dee Nathan Cotchipee Gitlo Judson Idella Landy
TV Purlie Victorious Purlie Victorious Beah Richards
Interview Sorrel Booke Godfrey Cambridge
for Roots born Buffalo, NY born NYC
2002 01-04-30 to 2-11-94 02-26-33 to 11-29-66
Peyton Place:
1969 Alma Miles, wife of Dr. Harry Miles, and mother of Cliff Miles and
Lewis Miles. Alma did not work outside the home.
The Fugitive:
Decision in the Ring
1979 Queen Haley in Roots, a mini-series.
1991 Outstanding supporting actress in a mini-series or special,
Decoration Day, Hallmark Hall of Fame.
Ruby Dee films include the following:
1961 A Raisin in the Sun
Ruby Dee
Sidney Poitier
1963 Purlie Victorious
Ruby Dee
Ossie Davis
Alan Alda
Geoffrey Cambridge
Sorrel Booke
1963 The Balcony
Ruby Dee
Lee Grant
Kent Smith
Leonard Nimoy
1972 Buck and the Preacher
Ruby Dee
Sidney Poitier
Harry Belafonte
1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Ruby Dee
1989 Do the Right Thing
Ruby Dee
Ossie Davis
Rosie Perez
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in work
2001 Taking Back Our Town-TV-Emelda West
2001 Feast of All Saints-TV-Elsie Claviere
2000 Finding Buck McHenry-TV-Mrs. Henry
2000 Storm in Summer-TV-Grandmother
1999 Little Bill-TV-Alice the Great
1999 Unfinished Journey-voice-Narration
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years-TV-Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1999 Baby Geniuses-Margo
1999 Passing Glory-Mommit Porter
1998 Porgy and Bess: An American Voice-TV-Narrator
1998 Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner-voice-Narrator
Wall, The (1998/I) (segment "The Badge") .... Mrs. Mitchell
Simple Wish, A (1997) .... Hortense
... aka Fairy Godmother, The (1997)
Mr. & Mrs. Loving (1996) (TV) .... Sophia
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) (TV) .... Indigo
Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995)
(TV) (USA)
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
Just Cause (1995) .... Evangeline
Homeward Bound (1994) (TV) .... Herself
Whitewash (1994) .... Grandmother
"Stand, The" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Mother Abigail Freemantle
... aka "Stephen King's The Stand" (1994) (mini)
Cop & 1/2 (1993) .... Rachel
... aka Cop and a Half (1993)
Ernest Green Story, The (1993) (TV) .... Mrs. Lydia Wilson
Jazztime Tale (1992) .... Old Lucinda
Jungle Fever (1991) .... Lucinda Purify
Zora Is My Name! (1990) (TV) .... Zora Neal Hurston
Decoration Day (1990) (TV) .... Rowena
Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, The (1990) (TV) .... Jackie's mother
Love at Large (1990) .... Corrine Dart
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) (TV) .... Herself
Do the Right Thing (1989) .... Mother Sister
Lincoln (1988) (TV)
... aka Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988) (TV)
Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV)
... aka Sidney Sheldon's Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV)
"Atlanta Child Murders, The" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Faye Williams
Go Tell It On the Mountain (1984) (TV) .... Mrs. Grimes
Cat People (1982) .... Female
"Ossie and Ruby!" (1980) TV Series .... Co-host (1980-81)
Torture of Mothers, The (1980)
All God's Children (1980) (TV) .... Irene Whitfield
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) (TV) .... Grandmother Baxter
"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Queen Haley
Countdown at Kusini (1976) .... Leah Matanzima
Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975)
It's Good to Be Alive (1974) (TV) .... Ruth Campanella
Black Girl (1972) .... Netta's mother
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972) (TV)
Buck and the Preacher (1972) .... Ruth
Sheriff, The (1971) (TV) .... Sue-Anne Lucas
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) .... Narrator
Deadlock (1969/I) (TV) .... Lucinda
Up Tight! (1968) .... Laurie
"Peyton Place" (1964) TV Series .... Alma Miles (1968-1969)
Incident, The (1967) .... Joan Robinson
"Guiding Light, The" (1952) TV Series .... Martha Frazier (1967)
... aka "Guiding Light" (1978) (USA: new title)
Balcony, The (1963) .... Thief
Gone Are the Days! (1963) .... Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
... aka Man from C.O.T.T.O.N., The (1966) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Purlie Victorious (1963)
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961) .... Ruth Younger
Take a Giant Step (1959) .... Christine the maid
Virgin Island (1958) .... Ruth
... aka Our Virgin Island (1958) (USA)
St. Louis Blues (1958) .... Elizabeth
Edge of the City (1957) .... Lucy Tyler
... aka Man Is Ten Feet Tall, A (1957) (UK)
Great American Pastime, The (1956)
Go, Man, Go! (1954)
Tall Target, The (1951) .... Rachel
Jackie Robinson Story, The (1950) .... Rachel Robinson
No Way Out (1950) (uncredited) .... Connie Brooks
Fight Never Ends, The (1949) .... Janie
That Man of Mine (1947)
Filmography as: Actress, Producer, Notable TV guest appearances
Producer - filmography
Up Tight! (1968) (co-producer)
Filmography as: Actress, Producer, Notable TV guest appearances
Notable TV guest appearances
"Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "LaBelle" in episode: "Christmas
Gift, The" (episode # 6.10) 12/12/1999
"Cosby" (1996) playing "Mattie" in episode: "Ol' Betsy" (episode # 3.17)
2/15/1999
"Promised Land" (1996) playing "Alicia" in episode: "Baptism of Fire"
(episode # 3.4) 10/22/1998
"Great Performances" (1972) playing "Narrator" in episode: "Porgy and
Bess: An American Voice" (episode # 25.8) 2/4/1998
"Evening Shade" (1990) playing "Aurelia Danforth" in episode: "They
Can't Take That Away From Me (1)" 1993
"Evening Shade" (1990) playing "Aurelia Danforth" in episode: "They
Can't Take That Away From Me (2)" 1993
"Reading Rainbow" (1983) playing "Herself"(voice) in episode: "Tar
Beach" 1992
"Golden Girls, The" (1985) playing "Viola Watkins" in episode: "Wham,
Bam, Thank You, Mammy" (episode # 6.5) 10/20/1990
"China Beach" (1988) playing "Ruby" in episode: "Skylark" (episode #
3.18) 3/14/1990
"Spenser: For Hire" (1985) playing "Eleanor Simpson" in episode:
"Personal Demons" (episode # 2.14) 2/7/1987
"Police Woman" (1974/I) in episode: "Target Black" (episode # 1.14)
1/3/1975
"East Side/West Side" (1963) in episode: "No Hiding Place" (episode #
1.9) 12/2/1963
"Fugitive, The" (1963) playing "Laura" in episode: "Decision in the
Ring" (episode # 1.6) 10/22/1963
"Nurses, The" (1962) playing "Jenny Bishop" in episode: "Express Stop
From Lenox Avenue" (episode # 1.29) 5/9/1963
"Great Adventure, The" (1963) playing "Harriet Tubman" in episode: "Go
Down, Moses"
"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) in episode: "Impact of an Execution" 1/3/1962