Ruby Dee

Poitier's Walter Lee 25th September 2018 as Self (archive footage)

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 22nd June 2014 as Self

Betty and Coretta 2nd February 2013 as Narrator

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal 1st February 2013 as Self

A Thousand Words 7th March 2012 as Annie McCall

Video Girl 11th October 2011 as Valerie

Politics of Love 26th August 2011

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll 5th August 2011 as Miss Candy

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School 22nd July 2009 as Narrator (voice)

America 28th February 2009 as Mrs. Harper

Steam 15th November 2007 as Doris

American Gangster 2nd November 2007 as Mama Lucas

All About Us 1st October 2007 as Ms. Ella

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema 15th September 2007 as Herself

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 31st January 2007 as Self

Discovering William Greaves 6th December 2006 as Self

The Way Back Home 1st April 2006 as Maude

No. 2 16th February 2006 as Nanna Maria

Their Eyes Were Watching God 6th March 2005 as Nanny

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks 25th February 2004 as Self

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 1st January 2004 as (archive footage)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 10th February 2003

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' 14th June 2002 as Self

Taking Back Our Town 10th December 2001 as Emelda West

Feast of All Saints 11th November 2001 as Elsie Claviere

Finding Buck McHenry 16th April 2000 as Mrs. Henry

A Storm in Summer 18th January 2000 as Grandmother

The Unfinished Journey 31st December 1999 as Narrator (voice)

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 18th April 1999 as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Baby Geniuses 12th March 1999 as Margo

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 24th February 1999 as Self

Passing Glory 21st February 1999 as Mommit Porter

A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner 7th December 1998 as Narrator

The Wall 24th May 1998 as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood 10th February 1998 as Self

A Simple Wish 11th July 1997 as Hortence

Sports on the Silver Screen 16th March 1997 as Self (archive footage)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story 14th April 1996 as Indigo

Mr. and Mrs. Loving 13th March 1996 as Sophia

Just Cause 17th February 1995 as Evangeline Ferguson

Tuesday Morning Ride 1st January 1995 as Jennie

Whitewash 16th August 1994 as Grandmother (voice)

After Goodbye 23rd June 1993 as Narrator

Cop & ½ 2nd April 1993 as Rachel

The Ernest Green Story 17th January 1993 as Lydia Wilson

Color Adjustment 29th January 1992 as Narrator

Jazztime Tale 2nd November 1991 as Narrator (voice)

Jungle Fever 7th June 1991 as Lucinda Purify

Decoration Day 2nd December 1990 as Rowena

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 15th October 1990 as Jackie's Mother

Love at Large 9th March 1990 as Corrine Dart

Zora is My Name! 14th February 1990 as Zora Neale Hurston

Making 'Do the Right Thing' 3rd November 1989 as Self

Do the Right Thing 14th June 1989 as Mother Sister

Go Tell It on the Mountain 31st August 1984 as Mrs. Grimes

Long Day's Journey Into Night 23rd November 1982 as Mary Tyrone

Cat People 2nd April 1982 as Female

All God's Children 28th April 1980 as Irene Whitfield

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six 1st January 1980

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 28th April 1979 as Grandmother Baxter

Countdown at Kusini 16th April 1976 as Leah Matanzima

Wedding Band 24th April 1974 as Julia Augustine

It's Good to Be Alive 22nd February 1974 as Ruth Campanella

Chelsea D.H.O. 17th June 1973 as Dr. Bianca Pearson

Black Girl 9th November 1972 as Netta's mother

Buck and the Preacher 17th March 1972 as Ruth

To Be Young, Gifted and Black 20th January 1972 as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

On Merit 1st January 1972 as Narrator (voice)

The Sheriff 30th March 1971 as Sue Ann Lucas

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 24th March 1970 as Self (archive footage)

Deadlock 22nd February 1969 as Lucinda

Uptight 28th December 1968 as Laurie

The Incident 5th November 1967 as Joan Robinson

Now is the Time 1st January 1967 as Self

Neighbours 15th January 1966 as Vicky Kingsbury

Gone Are the Days! 9th August 1963 as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

The Balcony 21st March 1963 as Thief

A Raisin in the Sun 28th May 1961 as Ruth Younger

Take a Giant Step 1st December 1959 as Christine

Virgin Island 7th August 1959 as Ruth

St. Louis Blues 7th April 1958 as Elizabeth

Edge of the City 4th January 1957 as Lucy Tyler

Go Man Go 27th January 1954 as Irma Jackson

The Tall Target 17th August 1951 as Rachel

No Way Out 16th August 1950 as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

The Jackie Robinson Story 16th May 1950 as Rae Robinson

The Fight Never Ends 6th March 1948

What a Guy 1st January 1948

Easy to Get 10th July 1947 as Drugstore Girl

Love in Syncopation 3rd August 1946

That Man of Mine 1st January 1946 as Joan