Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee made 4 films together, averaging 7.25, 0.84 above their career marks. The best is Do the Right Thing at 7.9.

Films together

1972 to 2003

Average together

7.25

2 rated, weighted 7.30

Lift

+0.84

apart 6.42

Best together

7.9

Do the Right Thing

Apart against together+0.84 lift

6.39

6.44

Other pairings

Their other regulars

Ossie Davis with

Ruby Dee with

Apart 6.42Together 7.25

Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.

Both careers by IMDb ratingOssie DavisRuby DeeTogether

Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.

Films with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Black Girl	1972	·	756	Director	as Netta's Mother
Do the Right Thing	1989	7.9	127K	as Da Mayor	as Mother Sister
Jungle Fever	1991	6.6	21,273	as The Good Reverend Doctor Purify	as Lucinda Purify
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	2003	·	259	as Reader	as Reader

Spike LeeDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.25 avg