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Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in 1945. Three years later she married actor Ossie Davis, whom she met while costarring in Robert Ardrey's 1946 Broadway play Jeb.
Sep 21, 2003 · Explore genealogy for Frankie Dee Brown born 1916 Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States died 2003 including research + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- August 31, 1916
- Ruby Ann (Wallace) Dee
- September 21, 2003
Jun 12, 2014 · At 19, Ruby had married actor Frankie Dee Brown, but the marriage lasted just four years, and by the time she was 24, she had taken up with Davis, whom she met when she appeared in his...
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- Ruby Dee’s actual name was Ruby Ann Wallace. Even though it felt as if Dee was married to the late-brilliant actor Ossie Davis forever, he was actually her second husband.
- Dee was born in Cleveland but considered herself a native New Yorker as she was raised in Harlem. She lived in the Empire State all her life making New Rochelle her home until she quietly passed away from natural causes.
- Playing the piano and violin as well as reading literature and writing poetry is how Dee spent the majority of her childhood. Dee’s father and stepmother wanted her to fully absorb the cultural explosion that was happening all around her in an era that would later be referred to as the “Harlem Renaissance.”
- Even though she had a commanding persona and a powerful voice that could fill a room, Dee was diminutiveat only 5’2.”
Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961) .
- October 27, 1922
- June 11, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 · She had also been married, in 1941, to the singer Frankie Dee Brown. The marriage dissolved within four years, but it gave Ms. Dee the name by which she would be known for the rest of her life.
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Jun 13, 2014 · In 1941 she married Frankie Dee Brown and began using his middle name as a stage name. They were divorced in 1945, the year she graduated from Hunter College in romance languages.
