RUBY DEE
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Ruby Dee
BIOGRAPHY: Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Ruth Younger in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), and Do the Right Thing (1989). For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the recipient of Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, Screen Actors Guild, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Awards, as well as the National Medal of Arts, and Kennedy Center Honors. She was married to actor Ossie Davis until his death in 2005. |
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MORE MOVIE WITH: Ruby Dee
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 1982 (2013) Play: Rose Brown |
 Video Girl (2011) Play: |
 All About Us (2007) Play: Ms. Ella |
 American Gangster (2007) Play: Mama Lucas |
 Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) Play: Nanny |
 Just Cause (1995) Play: Evangeline |
 Jungle Fever (1991) Play: Lucinda Purify |
 Do the right Thing (1989) Play: Mother Sister |
 Cool Red (1976) Play: Leah Matanzima |
 Black Girl (1972) Play: Netta’s mother |
 Uptight (1968) Play: Laurie |
 Gone Are the Days! (1963) Play: Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
 A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Play: Ruth Younger |
SERIES TV WITH: Ruby Dee
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