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    American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist

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  2. 4 days ago · 1) Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee starred in the original 1961 Broadway production of Purlie Victorious. In addition to writing Purlie Victorious, Ossie Davis played the title role in...

  3. 3 days ago · And Ossie Davis was the host that year and he was wonderful, just an incredible human being. He passed before the third year,” recalls Mantegna. “When Ossie passed, they asked me if I’d host.

  4. 4 days ago · The answer, it turned out, was this season's revival of Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch," helmed by Kenny Leon. Odom Jr. earned a 2024 Tony...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ruby_DeeRuby Dee - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. Dee was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005.

  6. 4 days ago · Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch completed its revival run at the Music Box Theatre February 4. The PBS airing, part of "Broadway's Best," debuts at ...

  7. 1 day ago · Ozzie Davis (1917 - 2005) and Desmond Tutu (1931 - 2021) were interviewed at the February 2003 March on the United Nations.

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  8. 4 days ago · Kenny Leon, our fearless director, as a genius, but also our playwright, Ossie Davis, wrote it in 1961 as a drama, but he soon found out once he put it up on stage, that really, it was a satirical look on the state of racism in the U.S. as it was in 1961. Unfortunately for the country, but fortunately for us, his words still run true today.

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