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Oct 18, 2002 · Actress Ruby Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her family soon moved to New York, and Dee was raised during the golden age of Harlem.
Jun 12, 2014 · Ruby Dee was one half of America’s first Black power couple. Like her husband, Ossie Davis, Dee was a performer, a writer and an activist.Though they worked on numerous individual projects, it was impossible to separate the two in one’s mind.
Jun 12, 2014 · Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose historic career indelibly intersected with the civil rights movement, died yesterday at 91 after more than 60 years in movies that included iconic roles ...
Jun 13, 2014 · Ruby Dee was an African American actress who defied segregation-era stereotypes by landing lead roles in films and on Broadway while maintaining a second high-profile career as a civil rights ...
Ruby Dee [1]1924— Actress, civil rights [2] activist, writer The actress and social activist Ruby Dee [3] expressed her philosophy in I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America: "You just try to do everything that comes up.
An acclaimed actor and author, Ruby Dee graced the stage and screen for more than seventy years. Although born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ms. Dee considered herself a product of Harlem, where she grew up and began her career as a member of the American Negro Theatre.
Jun 13, 2014 · Legendary stage and screen actress Ruby Dee, who won acclaim in theater, film and television and became a notable figure in the U.S. civil rights movement, died peacefully at home, a friend of the ...
