Head to headRuby Dee against Ossie Davis Both careers by IMDb ratingRuby DeeOssie Davis
Tale of the tape as a writer
Ruby Dee vs Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee averages 7.30 across 1 rated films as a writer, ahead of Ossie Davis at 6.50.
- 1
- Films written
- 1
- ◀7.30
- Average
- 6.50
- ◀7.30
- Weighted
- 6.50
- ◀Uptight 7.3
- Best film
- Cotton Comes to Harlem 6.5
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 1.33K
- IMDb votes
- 3.28K▶
- 1968
- Career
- 1970
- ◀0 wins, 1 nom
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
4 to 1
Ruby Dee ahead
Films together
5
averaging 7.30
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 No Way Out | 1950 | 7.4 | Actor | Actor |
| 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 |