Ruby Dee

Hollywood Black

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage) · 2018

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Self · 2014

Betty and Coretta

Narrator · 2013

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self · 2013

Mil Palabras

Annie McCall · 2012

Video Girl

Valerie · 2011

Politics of Love

2011

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Miss Candy · 2011

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

Narrator (voice) · 2009

America

Mrs. Harper · 2009

Steam

Doris · 2007

Gángster Americano

Mama Lucas · 2007

All About Us

Ms. Ella · 2007

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

Herself · 2007

Discovering William Greaves

Self · 2006

The Way Back Home

Maude · 2006

No. 2

Nanna Maria · 2006

Iconoclasts

Self · 2005

Sueños de Libertad

Nanny · 2005

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self · 2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

(archive footage) · 2004

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Self · 2002

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Narrator · 2002

Taking Back Our Town

Emelda West · 2001

Feast of All Saints

Elsie Claviere · 2001

CSI: Las Vegas

Mary Wilson · 2000

Finding Buck McHenry

Mrs. Henry · 2000

A Storm in Summer

Grandmother · 2000

The Unfinished Journey

Narrator (voice) · 1999

Pequeño Bill

1999

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany · 1999

Pequeños genios

Margo · 1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self · 1999

Passing Glory

Mommit Porter · 1999

The Wall

Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") · 1998

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Self · 1998

A Simple Wish

Hortence · 1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self (archive footage) · 1997

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Indigo · 1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Sophia · 1996

Felices Para Siempre

Grandma (voice) · 1995

Causa justa

Evangeline Ferguson · 1995

Tuesday Morning Ride

Jennie · 1995

El Toque de un Angel

LaBelle Springbelt · 1994

Whitewash

Grandmother (voice) · 1994

La Danza de la Muerte

Mother Abagail Freemantle · 1994

After Goodbye

Narrator · 1993

Un policía y medio

Rachel · 1993

The Ernest Green Story

Lydia Wilson · 1993

Middle Ages

Estelle Williams · 1992

Color Adjustment

Narrator · 1992

Jazztime Tale

Narrator (voice) · 1991

Jungle Fever

Lucinda Purify · 1991

Decoration Day

Rowena · 1990

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Jackie's Mother · 1990

Love at Large

Corrine Dart · 1990

Zora is My Name!

Zora Neale Hurston · 1990

Haz lo correcto

Mother Sister · 1989

American Experience

Narrator (voice) · 1988

China Beach

1988

Lincoln

Elizabeth Keckley · 1988

Spenser: For Hire

1985

Años Dorados

Mammy Watkins · 1985

The Atlanta Child Murders

Faye Williams · 1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Mrs. Grimes · 1984

Reading Rainbow

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1983

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Mary Tyrone · 1982

La marca de la pantera

Female · 1982

All God's Children

Irene Whitfield · 1980

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

1980

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Grandmother Baxter · 1979

Raíces: La nueva generación

Queen Haley · 1979

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self · 1978

Countdown at Kusini

Leah Matanzima · 1976

Mujer Policía

1974

Wedding Band

Julia Augustine · 1974

It's Good to Be Alive

Ruth Campanella · 1974

Black Girl

Netta's mother · 1972

Odio en las praderas

Ruth · 1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters · 1972

The Sheriff

Sue Ann Lucas · 1971

Great Performances

Self · 1971

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage) · 1970

Deadlock

Lucinda · 1969

Uptight

Laurie · 1968

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

El incidente

Joan Robinson · 1967

The Great Adventure

Harriet Tubman · 1963

El fugitivo

Laura Smith · 1963

Gone Are the Days!

Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins · 1963

The Balcony

Thief · 1963

The Defenders

Catherine Collins · 1961

A Raisin in the Sun

Ruth Younger · 1961

Take a Giant Step

Christine · 1959

Virgin Island

Ruth · 1959

St. Louis Blues

Elizabeth · 1958

El hombre que venció al miedo

Lucy Tyler · 1957

Armchair Theatre

Vicky Kingsbury · 1956

Go Man Go

Irma Jackson · 1954

The Oscars

Self · 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Rowena Finch · 1951

The Tall Target

Rachel · 1951

No Way Out

Connie Brooks (uncredited) · 1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

Rae Robinson · 1950

The Fight Never Ends

1948

What a Guy

1948

Easy to Get

Drugstore Girl · 1947

Love in Syncopation

1946

That Man of Mine

Joan · 1946