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Jun 11, 2014 · Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of ...
Aug 25, 2014 · Far left, Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier during theatrical run of "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959. Top, actress with Nat King Cole on set of "St. Louis Blues." Above, Dee with husband Ossie Davis ...
Jan 26, 2000 · This is the captivating, inspiring autobiography of a star couple who've celebrated 50 years of marriage. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, a beloved and revered couple cherished not just for their acting artistry but also for their lifelong commitment to civil rights, family values, and the black community.
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Jun 12, 2014 · June 12, 2014 -- Legendary actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee has died, a family spokeswoman confirmed today. She was 91. Dee died of natural causes at her New Rochelle, New York, home ...
Jun 12, 2014 · Updated 11:22 AM PDT, June 12, 2014. NEW YORK (AP) — Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter. Nora Davis Day told The Associated Press on Thursday that her mother died at home in New Rochelle on Wednesday night of ...
Ruby Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, OH. Just shy of her first birthday, she and her siblings relocated to Harlem with her father and stepmother. Her birthmother, who had a reputation of instability and had given birth to three children while still in her teens, had left her young family to follow a charismatic preacher.
Jun 13, 2014 · Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922, and moved to New York’s Harlem as a child. She took the surname Dee after marrying blues singer Frankie Dee two decades later.
