Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis 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

Ruby Dee with

Ossie Davis 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 ratingRuby DeeOssie DavisTogether

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

Films with Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis

Black Girl	1972	·	755	as Netta's Mother	Director
Do the Right Thing	1989	7.9	127K	as Mother Sister	as Da Mayor
Jungle Fever	1991	6.6	21,271	as Lucinda Purify	as The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives	2003	·	259	as Reader	as Reader

Spike LeeDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.68 avg