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Jun 13, 2014 · CNN — Ruby Dee, the award-winning actress whose seven-decade career included triumphs on stage and screen, has died. She was 91. Dee died peacefully Wednesday at her New Rochelle, New York,...
- Who Was Ruby Dee?
- Early Life and Career
- Actress and Activist
- Later Years & Death
Born in Ohio in 1922, actress Ruby Dee grew up in Harlem and joined the American Negro Theatre in 1941. She is well known for collaborations with her husband, actor Ossie Davis. Dee's film career spans a generation and includes 1950's The Jackie Robinson Story, 1961's A Raisin in the Sun and 1988's Do the Right Thing. In 2008, Dee received her firs...
Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 27, 1922, African American actress Ruby Dee has enjoyed a tremendous career on the stage, on television and in film. She grew up in New York's Harlem neighborhood, and got involved in acting as a teenager. Dee began studying her craft at the American Negro Theatre, a company that also educated ta...
Dee landed a starring role on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sunin 1959. She earned great acclaim for her portrayal of Ruth Younger in this drama about a struggling African American family. Sidney Poitier played her husband. Two years later, Dee reprised her role in the film version of the play. Around this time, Dee joined f...
In 1998, Dee and her husband published With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together, a look at their life experiences during their 50 years of marriage. The book received warm reviews for its humor and candor. Dee also wrote and performed the one-woman show My One Good Nervearound this time. Dee suffered a tremendous loss in 2005, when her husband, O...
Jun 13, 2014 · MONTAGNE: Later in her career, Ruby Dee won an Emmy award and Grammy, and she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "American Gangster." Ruby Dee was 91 when she died Wednesday in...
Jun 12, 2014 · Ruby Dee, the Oscar-nominated actress whose career in film and theater spanned five decades, died Wednesday, her agent, Michael Livingston, confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 91. Dee...
Jun 12, 2014 · By Laura Stampler. June 12, 2014 1:22 PM EDT. A ctress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died Wednesday at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y, her agent told The Hollywood Reporter. Dee was 91. Dee...
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Jun 12, 2014 · Oscar-nominated actor and civil rights activist Ruby Dee dies at 91. Daughter says Dee died at New York home on Wednesday. Oscar nomination was for 2007 film American Gangster. Associated...
Jun 12, 2014 · Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose historic career indelibly intersected with the civil rights movement, died on Wednesday at 91 , after more than 60 years in movies that included...
