FrameThrower · Actors · Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1967–1989
Born 27 October 1922 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · died 11 June 2014
Ruby Dee 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1967–1989
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1991
- National Medal of Arts
- Spingarn Medal2008
- Humanitarian of the Year2007
- Marian Anderson Award2005
- Crystal Award1991
- honorary degree from Spelman College1991
- Ohio Women's Hall of Fame1986
- Paul Robeson Award1975
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame1975
- Kennedy Center Honors
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ruby takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 69% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Ruby takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from Ruby Dee's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.