Head to headRuby Dee against Sidney Poitier Both careers by IMDb ratingRuby DeeSidney Poitier
Tale of the tape as an actor
Ruby Dee vs Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier averages 6.92 across 33 rated films as an actor, ahead of Ruby Dee at 6.39.
- 25 (16 rated)
- Films acted
- 39 (33 rated)
- 6.39
- Average
- 6.92▶
- 6.36
- Weighted
- 6.96▶
- A Raisin in the Sun 8.0
- Best film
- A Raisin in the Sun 8.0
- ◀7.46, 1951 to 1968
- Peak five
- 7.44, 1965 to 1967
- ◀5 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films
- 5.10 (−1.29)
- Current form
- 6.52 (−0.40)▶
- 291K
- IMDb votes
- 532K▶
- 1950 to 2013
- Career
- 1950 to 1997
- 0 wins, 1 nom
- Oscars
- 2 wins, 3 noms▶
Rows won
2 to 5
Sidney Poitier ahead
Films together
3
averaging 7.27
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Edge of the City | 1957 | 7.2 | as Tommy Tyler | as Lucy Tyler |
 A Raisin in the Sun | 1961 | 8.0 | as Walter Lee Younger | as Ruth Younger |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | 6.6 | as Buck, Director | as Ruth |