Head to headRuby Dee against Ossie Davis Both careers by IMDb ratingRuby DeeOssie Davis
Tale of the tape as an actor
Ruby Dee vs Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis averages 6.44 across 19 rated films as an actor, ahead of Ruby Dee at 6.39.
- 25 (16 rated)
- Films acted
- 25 (19 rated)
- 6.39
- Average
- 6.44▶
- 6.36
- Weighted
- 6.47▶
- ◀A Raisin in the Sun 8.0
- Best film
- Do the Right Thing 7.9
- ◀7.46, 1951 to 1968
- Peak five
- 6.86, 1989 to 1996
- ◀5 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 5.10 (−1.29)
- Current form
- 6.28 (−0.16)▶
- 291K
- IMDb votes
Rows won
4 to 4
Dead even
Films together
4
averaging 7.25
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Black Girl | 1972 | · | as Netta's Mother | Director |
 Do the Right Thing | 1989 | 7.9 | as Mother Sister | as Da Mayor |
 Jungle Fever | 1991 | 6.6 | as Lucinda Purify | as The Good Reverend Doctor Purify |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003 | · | as Reader | as Reader |