Acting
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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- 100 Acting
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Acting (100)
Mama Lucas
Mother Sister
Annie McCall
Mary Wilson
Evangeline Ferguson
Female
Mother Abagail Freemantle
Margo
Mammy Watkins
Lucinda Purify
LaBelle Springbelt
Hortence
Rachel
Ruth Younger
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
Joan Robinson
Ruth
Laura Smith
Lucy Tyler
Narrator (voice)
Rachel
Nanny
Corrine Dart
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Queen Haley
Rae Robinson
Valerie
Laurie
Thief
Narrator
Faye Williams
Narrator
Elsie Claviere
Maude
Netta's mother
Grandma (voice)
Elizabeth Keckley
Catherine Collins
Rowena
Grandmother Baxter
Mrs. Grimes
Christine
Lydia Wilson
Mrs. Grimes / Zora Neale Hurston
Rowena Finch
Sophia
Doris
Elizabeth
Miss Candy
Sue Ann Lucas
Ms. Ella
Vicky Kingsbury
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Grandmother
Irma Jackson
Ruth Campanella
Nanna Maria
Mommit Porter
Jackie's Mother
Indigo
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
Narrator (voice)
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Jennie
Narrator (voice)
Ruth
Irene Whitfield
Mrs. Harper
Estelle Williams
Emelda West
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Narrator
Leah Matanzima
Lucinda
Drugstore Girl
Mrs. Henry
Narrator (voice)
Mary Tyrone
Joan
Harriet Tubman
Grandmother (voice)
Zora Neale Hurston
Narrator
Julia Augustine
Writing (2)
Sound (1)
Vocals
Appearances (23)
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Herself
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