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Ruby Dee is an American Actress, who grew up in Harlem, New York, and was first noticed for her 1950 role in The Jackie Robinson Story. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for her most recent role, as Mama Lucas in American Gangster.
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- AKA: Ruby Ann Wallace
- Born: October 27, 1924
- Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Hunter College
- Married: Frank Dee Brown (1941-1945)
- Married: Ossie Davis (1948-2005)
- Three children with Davis: Guy Davis, Nora Day Davis, Hasna Muhammad
- Civil rights activist
- Friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
- Breast Cancer survivor
- Nominated for 8 Emmy's, winning for Decoration Day (1990) and an episode of China Beach
- Tied with Jimmy Carter for a Grammy in 2007
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Ruby Ann Wallace was born in Cleveland on October 27, 1924. She grew up in Harlem after her mother left the family. She attended hunter College, where she earned degrees in French and Spanish, and was a pledged member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Following her graduation in 1945 she went on to a noteworthy career on Broadway, which included a starring role opposite Sydney Poitier in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. She made her film debut in the 1950 biopic The Jackie Robinson Story, and reprised her role as "Ruth Younger" in the 1961 film version of the play a Raisen in the Sun. Most recently, Dee was nominated for her role opposite Denzel Washington in the fill American Gangster. -
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I love when Ruby Dee slaps Denzel in American Gangster neva too old to get dat SMaCk from moms!Too bad dat PuertoRican bitch got him knocked
@BellaGabbana | November 08, 2009 05:06 PM -
i laugh at Paula Patton's Ruby Dee impression everytime I watch the Precious movie trailer. (you gotta see American Gangster to get it.)
@abelleinbk | November 08, 2009 04:10 PM -
Only problem w/ ChikFlik Steam (2007: Ruby Dee, Ally Sheedy, Kate Siegel ) is that, as one reviewer noted, the steam room seems irrelevant.
@MullenAR | November 08, 2009 06:55 AM
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My One Good Nerve - $18.95
Intimate reflections on loving and living from an American treasure. "My One Good Nerve draws me back into my sweetest past . . . a work of memory and art."—Maya Angelou. <p>My One Good Nerve is an exuber...
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North of Bakersfield - $13.98
Seattle's Ruby Dee & the Snake Handlers offers up sweet alt-country Americana-Rockabilly a la Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, the Derailers & X. The band has made a name for themselves in their Pacific Northwest home as a group tha...
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It's Good to Be Alive - $5.98
Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 10/01/2002 Run time: 100 minutes
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With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together - $16.95
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 cheri...
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