Dee, Ruby

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'''Ruby Dee''' (née '''Wallace'''; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014)<ref>Ronald Bergan, [http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/13/ruby-dee "Ruby Dee obituary"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', June 13, 2014.</ref> was an American actress, poet, playwright, [[screenwriter]], journalist and [[activism|activist]]. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the films ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' (1961), ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989), and ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007) for which she was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She was the recipient of [[Grammy]], [[Emmy]], [[Obie]], [[Drama Desk]], [[Screen Actors Guild Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild]] Lifetime Achievement Awards as well as the [[National Medal of Arts]] and the [[Kennedy Center Honors]]. She was married to actor [[Ossie Davis]] until his death in 2005.
 
'''Ruby Dee''' (née '''Wallace'''; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014)<ref>Ronald Bergan, [http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/13/ruby-dee "Ruby Dee obituary"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', June 13, 2014.</ref> was an American actress, poet, playwright, [[screenwriter]], journalist and [[activism|activist]]. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the films ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]'' (1961), ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989), and ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007) for which she was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She was the recipient of [[Grammy]], [[Emmy]], [[Obie]], [[Drama Desk]], [[Screen Actors Guild Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild]] Lifetime Achievement Awards as well as the [[National Medal of Arts]] and the [[Kennedy Center Honors]]. She was married to actor [[Ossie Davis]] until his death in 2005.
  
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==Early life==
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==Life==
 
[[Image:Ruby Dee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dee by [[Carl Van Vechten]]]]
 
[[Image:Ruby Dee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dee by [[Carl Van Vechten]]]]
 
Dee was born '''Ruby Ann Wallace''' in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] in 1922,<ref name="90th">[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ruby-gem-90-article-1.1201556 "Ruby Dee marks 90th birthday with new documentary about her illustrious life with late husband Ossie Davis"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', November 13, 2012.</ref> to Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter. After her mother left the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Ossie|author2=Dee, Ruby|year=1998|chapter=Ruby Is Born at Seven|title=With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together|publisher=William Morrow|isbn=0-688-17582-1|chapterurl=http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/d/davis-ossie.html|accessdate=July 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gates|first=Henry Louis|title=Arts and Letters: An A-To-Z Reference of Writers, Musicians, and Artists of the African American Experience|publisher=Running Press|year=2005|isbn=0-7624-2042-1|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_FhqCO4RJl8C&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=%22ruby+dee%22+%22marshall+edward+wallace%22&source=web&ots=C-ht4_E768&sig=iCL1HrvdVMa0iurFYC07him18oA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lyman|first=Darryl|title=Great African-American Women|publisher=Jonathan David Company, Inc.|year=2005|isbn=0-8246-0459-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4-HYBUp1sygC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=%22ruby+dee%22+%22marshall+edward+wallace%22&source=web&ots=L1Jur4IeEi&sig=zFSTGlAkHX5a3nw50vRZ-aXHh-Y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ruby Dee profile at FilmReference.com|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Ruby-Dee.html|date=July 30, 2008}}</ref>
 
Dee was born '''Ruby Ann Wallace''' in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] in 1922,<ref name="90th">[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ruby-gem-90-article-1.1201556 "Ruby Dee marks 90th birthday with new documentary about her illustrious life with late husband Ossie Davis"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', November 13, 2012.</ref> to Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter. After her mother left the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Ossie|author2=Dee, Ruby|year=1998|chapter=Ruby Is Born at Seven|title=With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together|publisher=William Morrow|isbn=0-688-17582-1|chapterurl=http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/d/davis-ossie.html|accessdate=July 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gates|first=Henry Louis|title=Arts and Letters: An A-To-Z Reference of Writers, Musicians, and Artists of the African American Experience|publisher=Running Press|year=2005|isbn=0-7624-2042-1|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_FhqCO4RJl8C&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=%22ruby+dee%22+%22marshall+edward+wallace%22&source=web&ots=C-ht4_E768&sig=iCL1HrvdVMa0iurFYC07him18oA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lyman|first=Darryl|title=Great African-American Women|publisher=Jonathan David Company, Inc.|year=2005|isbn=0-8246-0459-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4-HYBUp1sygC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=%22ruby+dee%22+%22marshall+edward+wallace%22&source=web&ots=L1Jur4IeEi&sig=zFSTGlAkHX5a3nw50vRZ-aXHh-Y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ruby Dee profile at FilmReference.com|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Ruby-Dee.html|date=July 30, 2008}}</ref>
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Dee was raised in [[Harlem, New York]].<ref name=cnn_obit/> She attended [[Hunter College High School]] and went on to graduate from [[Hunter College]] with a degree in [[romance language]]s in 1945.<ref name=wapo/> She was a member of [[Delta Sigma Theta]].<ref>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/ndeltas.htm Delta Sigma Theta website]</ref>
 
Dee was raised in [[Harlem, New York]].<ref name=cnn_obit/> She attended [[Hunter College High School]] and went on to graduate from [[Hunter College]] with a degree in [[romance language]]s in 1945.<ref name=wapo/> She was a member of [[Delta Sigma Theta]].<ref>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/ndeltas.htm Delta Sigma Theta website]</ref>
  
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==Career==
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Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in 1945.<ref name=wapo/> Three years later she married actor [[Ossie Davis]], who she met while costarring in the 1946 Broadway play ''Jeb''.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|author=Felicia R. Lee |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/garden/at-home-with-ossie-davis-and-ruby-dee-art-and-politics-keeping-it-all-fresh.html |title=At home with: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee; Art and Politics: Keeping It All Fresh – New York Times |work = [[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1995 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed their political activism and  their decision to have an [[open marriage]] (later changing their minds).<ref>{{cite web | author=Sheri Stritof; Bob Stritof | url=http://marriage.about.com/od/quotes/a/ossierubyopen.htm | title=Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage | publisher=About.com | accessdate=2007-01-11}}</ref> .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/quotes/a/ossierubyopen.htm|title=Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage|work=About.com|accessdate=July 30, 2008}}</ref> Together they had three children: son, blues musician [[Guy Davis (Blues musician)|Guy Davis]], and two daughters, Nora Day and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was a [[breast cancer]] survivor of more than three decades.<ref name=abc>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oscar-nominee-ruby-dee-died-91/story?id=24107963 |title=Oscar Nominee Ruby Dee Dead at 91 – ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=October 16, 2013 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in [[New Rochelle, New York]], from [[natural causes]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NEUMAIER|first1=Joe|title=Ruby Dee dead at 91|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040|accessdate=June 12, 2014|agency=''New York Daily News''|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Dee will be cremated, and her ashes will be held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".<ref name=wapo/>
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==Acting Career==
 
[[File:Ruby Dee, Miami Book Fair International, 1991.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dee at the [[Miami Book Fair International]], 1991]]
 
[[File:Ruby Dee, Miami Book Fair International, 1991.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dee at the [[Miami Book Fair International]], 1991]]
 
Dee joined the [[American Negro Theater]] as an apprentice, working with [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Harry Belafonte]], and [[Hilda Simms]].<ref name=wapo/> She made several appearances on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Her first onscreen role was in ''That Man of Mine'' in 1946. She received national recognition for her role in the 1950 film ''[[The Jackie Robinson Story]]''.<ref name=cnn_obit/> In 1965, Dee performed in lead roles at the [[American Shakespeare Festival]] as Kate in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' and Cordelia in ''[[King Lear]]'', becoming the first black actress to portray a lead role in the festival. Her career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the films ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'', in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, and ''[[Edge of the City]]''. She played both roles opposite Poitier.<ref name=wapo/>
 
Dee joined the [[American Negro Theater]] as an apprentice, working with [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Harry Belafonte]], and [[Hilda Simms]].<ref name=wapo/> She made several appearances on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Her first onscreen role was in ''That Man of Mine'' in 1946. She received national recognition for her role in the 1950 film ''[[The Jackie Robinson Story]]''.<ref name=cnn_obit/> In 1965, Dee performed in lead roles at the [[American Shakespeare Festival]] as Kate in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' and Cordelia in ''[[King Lear]]'', becoming the first black actress to portray a lead role in the festival. Her career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the films ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'', in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, and ''[[Edge of the City]]''. She played both roles opposite Poitier.<ref name=wapo/>
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On February 12, 2009, Dee joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday at the Riverside Church in [[New York City]]. Under the direction of [[Maurice Peress]], they performed [[Earl Robinson]]'s ''The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra'', in which Dee was the Narrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/news/article.php?id=270 |title=Theriversdechurchny.org |publisher=Theriversidechurchny.org |date=February 1, 2009 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
On February 12, 2009, Dee joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday at the Riverside Church in [[New York City]]. Under the direction of [[Maurice Peress]], they performed [[Earl Robinson]]'s ''The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra'', in which Dee was the Narrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/news/article.php?id=270 |title=Theriversdechurchny.org |publisher=Theriversidechurchny.org |date=February 1, 2009 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
  
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==Personal life and activism==
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==Activism==
 
[[File:Ruby Dee speaking.jpg|thumb|240px|Dee speaking in 2006]]
 
[[File:Ruby Dee speaking.jpg|thumb|240px|Dee speaking in 2006]]
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Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in 1945.<ref name=wapo/> Three years later she married actor [[Ossie Davis]], who she met while costarring in the 1946 Broadway play ''Jeb''.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|author=Felicia R. Lee |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/20/garden/at-home-with-ossie-davis-and-ruby-dee-art-and-politics-keeping-it-all-fresh.html |title=At home with: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee; Art and Politics: Keeping It All Fresh – New York Times |work = [[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1995 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed their political activism and  their decision to have an [[open marriage]] (later changing their minds).<ref>{{cite web | author=Sheri Stritof; Bob Stritof | url=http://marriage.about.com/od/quotes/a/ossierubyopen.htm | title=Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage | publisher=About.com | accessdate=2007-01-11}}</ref> .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/quotes/a/ossierubyopen.htm|title=Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage|work=About.com|accessdate=July 30, 2008}}</ref> Together they had three children: son, blues musician [[Guy Davis (Blues musician)|Guy Davis]], and two daughters, Nora Day and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was a [[breast cancer]] survivor of more than three decades.<ref name=abc>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/oscar-nominee-ruby-dee-died-91/story?id=24107963 |title=Oscar Nominee Ruby Dee Dead at 91 – ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=October 16, 2013 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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Dee and Davis were well-known [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|civil rights]] activists.<ref>[http://www.ossieandruby.com The official site of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee], ossieandruby.com; accessed March 3, 2014.</ref> Dee was a member of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE), the [[NAACP]], the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]], [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority and the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]. In 1963, Dee [[emcee]]d the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]].<ref name=chron>{{cite web|author=MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer <!-- .am-info —> |url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Ruby-Dee-s-legacy-of-activism-acting-mourned-5548224.php |title=Ruby Dee's legacy of activism, acting mourned – Houston Chronicle |publisher=Chron.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and [[Malcolm X]], with Davis giving the [[eulogy]] at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malcolmx.com/about/eulogy.html|title=Malcolm&nbsp;X's Eulogy|accessdate=September 6, 2009|publisher=The Official Website of Malcolm&nbsp;X|last=Davis|first=Ossie|authorlink=Ossie Davis|date=February 27, 1965}}</ref> In 1970, she won the [[Frederick Douglass Award]] from the New York [[Urban League]].<ref name=cnn_obit/>
 
Dee and Davis were well-known [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|civil rights]] activists.<ref>[http://www.ossieandruby.com The official site of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee], ossieandruby.com; accessed March 3, 2014.</ref> Dee was a member of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE), the [[NAACP]], the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]], [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority and the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]. In 1963, Dee [[emcee]]d the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]].<ref name=chron>{{cite web|author=MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer <!-- .am-info —> |url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Ruby-Dee-s-legacy-of-activism-acting-mourned-5548224.php |title=Ruby Dee's legacy of activism, acting mourned – Houston Chronicle |publisher=Chron.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and [[Malcolm X]], with Davis giving the [[eulogy]] at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malcolmx.com/about/eulogy.html|title=Malcolm&nbsp;X's Eulogy|accessdate=September 6, 2009|publisher=The Official Website of Malcolm&nbsp;X|last=Davis|first=Ossie|authorlink=Ossie Davis|date=February 27, 1965}}</ref> In 1970, she won the [[Frederick Douglass Award]] from the New York [[Urban League]].<ref name=cnn_obit/>
  
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In November 2005 Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]. Dee, a long-time resident of [[New Rochelle, New York]], was inducted into the [[New Rochelle Walk of Fame]] which honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325 year history. She was also inducted into the [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] and [[Nita Lowey]].<ref name=wc>{{cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Ruby Dee To Be Named To Women's Hall Of Fame|url=http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women's_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|work=Westchester.com|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20070506081112/http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women%27s_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|date=March 6, 2007|archivedate=March 6, 2007|accessdate=January 23, 2008}}</ref> In 2009 she received an Honorary Degree from [[Princeton University]].<ref name=usatoday6>{{cite web|url=http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/06/12/6-great-moments-from-ruby-dees-legendary-career/ |title=6 great moments from Ruby Dee’s legendary career &#124; Entertain This! |publisher=Entertainthis.usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
In November 2005 Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]. Dee, a long-time resident of [[New Rochelle, New York]], was inducted into the [[New Rochelle Walk of Fame]] which honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325 year history. She was also inducted into the [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] and [[Nita Lowey]].<ref name=wc>{{cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Ruby Dee To Be Named To Women's Hall Of Fame|url=http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women's_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|work=Westchester.com|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20070506081112/http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women%27s_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|date=March 6, 2007|archivedate=March 6, 2007|accessdate=January 23, 2008}}</ref> In 2009 she received an Honorary Degree from [[Princeton University]].<ref name=usatoday6>{{cite web|url=http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/06/12/6-great-moments-from-ruby-dees-legendary-career/ |title=6 great moments from Ruby Dee’s legendary career &#124; Entertain This! |publisher=Entertainthis.usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
  
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==Death==
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==Legacy==
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Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in [[New Rochelle, New York]], from [[natural causes]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NEUMAIER|first1=Joe|title=Ruby Dee dead at 91|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040|accessdate=June 12, 2014|agency=''New York Daily News''|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> In a statement, [[Gil Robertson IV]] of the [[African American Film Critics Association]] said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights. Her strength, courage and beauty will be greatly missed."<ref name=cnn_obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/showbiz/obit-ruby-dee/ |title=Screen, stage legend Ruby Dee dies at 91 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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In a statement on hearing of her death, [[Gil Robertson IV]] of the [[African American Film Critics Association]] said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights. Her strength, courage and beauty will be greatly missed."<ref name=cnn_obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/showbiz/obit-ruby-dee/ |title=Screen, stage legend Ruby Dee dies at 91 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
  
 
Following her death the marquee on the Apollo theater read “A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922-2014”.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040</ref>
 
Following her death the marquee on the Apollo theater read “A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922-2014”.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040</ref>
  
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Dee will be cremated, and her ashes will be held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".<ref name=wapo/>
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===Awards and nominations===
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'''Awards'''
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* 1961: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress – ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Deadline |first=The |url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/ruby-dee-dead-91-raisin-in-the-sun/ |title=Oscar-Nominated Actress Ruby Dee Dead at 91 |publisher=Deadline.com |date=May 21, 2014 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* 1971: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – ''[[Boesman and Lena]]''<ref name=variety/>
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* 1971: Obie Award for Best Performance by an Actress – ''[[Boesman and Lena]]''<ref name=nyt/><ref name=variety/>
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* 1973: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – ''[[Wedding Band (play)|Wedding Band]]''<ref name=nyt/>
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* 1988: Induction into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/theater/theater-hall-of-fame-adds-nine-new-names.html|title=Theater Hall of Fame Adds Nine New Names|publisher=New York Times|date=November 22, 1988}}</ref>
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* [[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1991]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] – ''[[Decoration Day (film)|Decoration Day]]''<ref name=wapo>{{cite web|last=Halzack |first=Sarah |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/ruby-dee-actress-and-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-89/2014/06/12/d4c3e4d2-f250-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.html |title=Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist, dies at 91 |publisher=''The Washington Post'' |date=October 27, 1922 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* 1991: [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD|Crystal Award]]<ref name=WIF>{{cite web|title=Past Recipients: Crystal Award|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|work=Women In Film|accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref>
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* 1995: [[National Medal of Arts]]<ref name=variety>{{cite web|author=Carmel Dagan |url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-nominated-actress-ruby-dee-dies-at-91-1201219148/ |title=Ruby Dee Dead: Oscar-Nominated Actress Appeared in Spike Lee Films |publisher=Variety |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* 2000: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/relationship/262922341.html |title='Missed but never forgotten' _ Ruby Dee's legacy of activism and acting mourned |publisher=''Star Tribune'' |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* [[2007 Grammy Awards|2007]]: [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word Album]] – ''With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together''<ref name=wapo/>
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* 2008: African–American Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/12/iconic-actress-activist-ruby-dee-dead-89/ |title=Iconic Actress and Activist Ruby Dee Dead at 91 |publisher=''Atlanta Black Star'' |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=chron/><ref name=nyt2>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/03rubywe.html?_r=0|title=For Ruby Dee at 83, Acclaim and Performances|first=Roberta |last=Hershenson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 3, 2008|accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
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* 2008: The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award<ref>{{cite web|author=The Associated Press 2:14 p.m. EDT June 12, 2014 |url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/actress-ruby-dee-dies/10377299/ |title=Daughter: Ruby Dee, Val-Kill medal winner, dead at 91 |publisher=Poughkeepsiejournal.com |date=November 17, 2010 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
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* 2008: She was awarded the [[Spingarn Medal]] from the [[NAACP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/pages/spingarn-medal-winners |title=NAACP Spingarn Medal |publisher=Naacp.org |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
  
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==Work==
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'''Nominations'''
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* [[16th Primetime Emmy Awards|1964]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]] – ''[[The Nurses (CBS TV series)|The Doctors and the Nurses]]: Express Stop from Lenox Avenue''<ref name=deecredits3/>
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* [[31st Primetime Emmy Awards|1979]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special]] – ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|1988]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special]] – ''[[Lincoln (1988 film)|Lincoln]]''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] – ''[[China Beach]]: Skylark''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* [[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] – ''[[Evening Shade]]: They Can't Take That Away from Me''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* [[22nd Daytime Emmy Awards|1995]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Whitewash (TV special)|Whitewash]]''<ref name=deecredits3/>
 +
* [[28th Daytime Emmy Awards|2001]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Little Bill (TV series)|Little Bill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/clifford-leads-all-toon-nods-daytime-emmy |title=Clifford Leads All Toon Nods At Daytime Emmy &#124; Animation World Network |publisher=Awn.com |date=May 18, 2001 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 +
* 2002: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress – ''[[Saint Lucy's Eyes]]''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* [[30th Daytime Emmy Awards|2003]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Little Bill (TV series)|Little Bill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.org.in/headlines/y2k3/mar/mar113.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News: 10 nominations for Nick in the daytime Emmy |publisher=Indiantelevision.org.in |date=March 22, 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 +
* [[80th Academy Awards|2008]]: [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=variety/>
 +
* 2008: Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=nyt2/>
 +
* 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=wapo/>
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* 2009: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries – ''[[America (2009 film)|America]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagaftra.org/press-releases/december-17-2009/nominations-announced-16th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE |title=Nominations Announced for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® |publisher=Sag-Aftra |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
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* 2010: Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Event – ''[[America (2009 film)|America]]''<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/nominees-for-41st-naacp-image-awards-announced—live-at-press-conference-by-taye-diggs—michael-strahan—wanda-sykes—kyle-massey—chris-massey—tatyana-ali-and-naacp-executives |title=Nominees for 41st NAACP Image Awards announced live at press conference by Taye Diggs, Michael Strahan, Wanda Sykes, Kyle Massey, Chris Massey, Tatyana Ali and NAACP executives |publisher=NAACP |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
  
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==Major Works==
 
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* ''[[The Tall Target]]'' (1951)
 
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* ''[[Go, Man, Go!]]'' (1954)
 
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* ''A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner'' (1998) (documentary) (narrator)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
 
* ''A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner'' (1998) (documentary) (narrator)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
 
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* ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007)
 
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* ''Dream Street'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|author=Yahoo Movies |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/dream-street-2 |title=Dream Street &#124; Yahoo Movies |publisher=Yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Dream Street'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|author=Yahoo Movies |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/dream-street-2 |title=Dream Street &#124; Yahoo Movies |publisher=Yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Video Girl'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/ty_hodges_video_girl_starring_meagan_good_ruby_dee_on_dvd_and_vod_this_week |title="Video Girl" Starring Meagan Good, Ruby Dee On DVD and Blu Ray This Week&#124;Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Video Girl'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/ty_hodges_video_girl_starring_meagan_good_ruby_dee_on_dvd_and_vod_this_week |title="Video Girl" Starring Meagan Good, Ruby Dee On DVD and Blu Ray This Week&#124;Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''[[Politics of Love]]'' (2011)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
 
* ''[[Politics of Love]]'' (2011)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
 
* ''Red & Blue Marbles'' (2011)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
 
* ''Red & Blue Marbles'' (2011)<ref name=nyt_filmography/>
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* ''Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/now-you-too-will-be-able-to-see-long-distance-revolutionary-a-journey-with-mumia-abu-jamal |title=Now You Too Will Be Able To See 'Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal'&#124;Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/now-you-too-will-be-able-to-see-long-distance-revolutionary-a-journey-with-mumia-abu-jamal |title=Now You Too Will Be Able To See 'Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal'&#124;Shadow and Act |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''[[A Thousand Words (film)|A Thousand Words]]'' (2012)<ref name=nyt_filmography>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/18243/Ruby-Dee/filmography |title=Ruby Dee – Filmography – Movies & TV |work = [[The New York Times]] |date=January 18, 2007 |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''[[A Thousand Words (film)|A Thousand Words]]'' (2012)<ref name=nyt_filmography>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/18243/Ruby-Dee/filmography |title=Ruby Dee – Filmography – Movies & TV |work = [[The New York Times]] |date=January 18, 2007 |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
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* ''Deadlock'' (1969)<ref name=deecredits3>{{cite web|url=http://www.ossieandruby.com/dee-credits-3.html |title=Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Dee Television Credits |publisher=Ossieandruby.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Deadlock'' (1969)<ref name=deecredits3>{{cite web|url=http://www.ossieandruby.com/dee-credits-3.html |title=Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Dee Television Credits |publisher=Ossieandruby.com |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''The Sheriff'' (1971)<ref name=deecredits3/>
 
* ''The Sheriff'' (1971)<ref name=deecredits3/>
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* ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'' Season 1 / Episode 14 "Target Black" (1975)
 
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* ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' (1959)
 
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* ''Purlie Victorious'' (1961)<ref name=deecredits1/>
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* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1965)<ref name=deecredits1/>
 
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* ''Every Tone a Testimony'' ([[Smithsonian Folkways]], 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/every-tone-a-testimony/african-american-spoken-history-poetry-prose/album/smithsonian |title=Smithsonian Folkways – Every Tone a Testimony – Various Artists |publisher=Folkways.si.edu |date=March 20, 2013 |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
* ''Every Tone a Testimony'' ([[Smithsonian Folkways]], 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/every-tone-a-testimony/african-american-spoken-history-poetry-prose/album/smithsonian |title=Smithsonian Folkways – Every Tone a Testimony – Various Artists |publisher=Folkways.si.edu |date=March 20, 2013 |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
  
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==Awards and nominations==
 
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* 1961: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress – ''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Deadline |first=The |url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/ruby-dee-dead-91-raisin-in-the-sun/ |title=Oscar-Nominated Actress Ruby Dee Dead at 91 |publisher=Deadline.com |date=May 21, 2014 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 1971: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – ''[[Boesman and Lena]]''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* 1973: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – ''[[Wedding Band (play)|Wedding Band]]''<ref name=nyt/>
 
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* 1988: Induction into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/22/theater/theater-hall-of-fame-adds-nine-new-names.html|title=Theater Hall of Fame Adds Nine New Names|publisher=New York Times|date=November 22, 1988}}</ref>
 
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* [[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1991]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]] – ''[[Decoration Day (film)|Decoration Day]]''<ref name=wapo>{{cite web|last=Halzack |first=Sarah |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/ruby-dee-actress-and-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-89/2014/06/12/d4c3e4d2-f250-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.html |title=Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist, dies at 91 |publisher=''The Washington Post'' |date=October 27, 1922 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 1991: [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD|Crystal Award]]<ref name=WIF>{{cite web|title=Past Recipients: Crystal Award|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|work=Women In Film|accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref>
 
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* 1995: [[National Medal of Arts]]<ref name=variety>{{cite web|author=Carmel Dagan |url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-nominated-actress-ruby-dee-dies-at-91-1201219148/ |title=Ruby Dee Dead: Oscar-Nominated Actress Appeared in Spike Lee Films |publisher=Variety |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2000: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/relationship/262922341.html |title='Missed but never forgotten' _ Ruby Dee's legacy of activism and acting mourned |publisher=''Star Tribune'' |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* [[2007 Grammy Awards|2007]]: [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word Album]] – ''With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together''<ref name=wapo/>
 
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* 2008: African–American Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/06/12/iconic-actress-activist-ruby-dee-dead-89/ |title=Iconic Actress and Activist Ruby Dee Dead at 91 |publisher=''Atlanta Black Star'' |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=chron/><ref name=nyt2>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/03rubywe.html?_r=0|title=For Ruby Dee at 83, Acclaim and Performances|first=Roberta |last=Hershenson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 3, 2008|accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2008: The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award<ref>{{cite web|author=The Associated Press 2:14 p.m. EDT June 12, 2014 |url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/actress-ruby-dee-dies/10377299/ |title=Daughter: Ruby Dee, Val-Kill medal winner, dead at 91 |publisher=Poughkeepsiejournal.com |date=November 17, 2010 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2008: She was awarded the [[Spingarn Medal]] from the [[NAACP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/pages/spingarn-medal-winners |title=NAACP Spingarn Medal |publisher=Naacp.org |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* [[16th Primetime Emmy Awards|1964]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]] – ''[[The Nurses (CBS TV series)|The Doctors and the Nurses]]: Express Stop from Lenox Avenue''<ref name=deecredits3/>
 
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* [[31st Primetime Emmy Awards|1979]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special]] – ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|1988]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special]] – ''[[Lincoln (1988 film)|Lincoln]]''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] – ''[[China Beach]]: Skylark''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* [[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] – ''[[Evening Shade]]: They Can't Take That Away from Me''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* [[22nd Daytime Emmy Awards|1995]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Whitewash (TV special)|Whitewash]]''<ref name=deecredits3/>
 
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* [[28th Daytime Emmy Awards|2001]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Little Bill (TV series)|Little Bill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/clifford-leads-all-toon-nods-daytime-emmy |title=Clifford Leads All Toon Nods At Daytime Emmy &#124; Animation World Network |publisher=Awn.com |date=May 18, 2001 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2002: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress – ''[[Saint Lucy's Eyes]]''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* [[30th Daytime Emmy Awards|2003]]: [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] – ''[[Little Bill (TV series)|Little Bill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.org.in/headlines/y2k3/mar/mar113.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News: 10 nominations for Nick in the daytime Emmy |publisher=Indiantelevision.org.in |date=March 22, 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* [[80th Academy Awards|2008]]: [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=variety/>
 
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* 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture – ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''<ref name=wapo/>
 
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* 2009: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries – ''[[America (2009 film)|America]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagaftra.org/press-releases/december-17-2009/nominations-announced-16th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE |title=Nominations Announced for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® |publisher=Sag-Aftra |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
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* 2010: Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Event – ''[[America (2009 film)|America]]''<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/nominees-for-41st-naacp-image-awards-announced—live-at-press-conference-by-taye-diggs—michael-strahan—wanda-sykes—kyle-massey—chris-massey—tatyana-ali-and-naacp-executives |title=Nominees for 41st NAACP Image Awards announced live at press conference by Taye Diggs, Michael Strahan, Wanda Sykes, Kyle Massey, Chris Massey, Tatyana Ali and NAACP executives |publisher=NAACP |accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

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Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee - 1972.jpg
Ruby Dee in 1972
BornRuby Ann Wallace
October 27 1922(1922-10-27)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 11 2014 (aged 91)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Cause of deathNatural causes
Resting placeCremation
OccupationActress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, activist
Spouse(s)Frankie Dee Brown (approx 1941–1945; divorced)
Ossie Davis (1948–2005; his death)

Ruby Dee (née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014)[1] was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the films A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Do the Right Thing (1989), and American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the recipient of Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Awards as well as the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors. She was married to actor Ossie Davis until his death in 2005.

Life

Dee by Carl Van Vechten

Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922,[2] to Gladys Hightower and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter. After her mother left the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.[3][4][5][6]

Dee was raised in Harlem, New York.[7] She attended Hunter College High School and went on to graduate from Hunter College with a degree in romance languages in 1945.[8] She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta.[9]

Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in 1945.[8] Three years later she married actor Ossie Davis, who she met while costarring in the 1946 Broadway play Jeb.[10] Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed their political activism and their decision to have an open marriage (later changing their minds).[11] .[12] Together they had three children: son, blues musician Guy Davis, and two daughters, Nora Day and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was a breast cancer survivor of more than three decades.[13]

Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, from natural causes at the age of 91.[14] Dee will be cremated, and her ashes will be held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".[8]

Acting Career

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Dee at the Miami Book Fair International, 1991

Dee joined the American Negro Theater as an apprentice, working with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Hilda Simms.[8] She made several appearances on Broadway. Her first onscreen role was in That Man of Mine in 1946. She received national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story.[7] In 1965, Dee performed in lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew and Cordelia in King Lear, becoming the first black actress to portray a lead role in the festival. Her career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the films A Raisin in the Sun, in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, and Edge of the City. She played both roles opposite Poitier.[8]

During the 1960s, Dee appeared in such politically charged films as Gone Are the Days and The Incident, which is recognized as helping pave the way for young African-American actors and filmmakers. In 1969, Dee appeared in 20 episodes of Peyton Place.[7] She appeared in the role of as Cora Sanders, a Marxist college professor, in the Season 1/Episode 14 of Police Woman, entitled “Target Black” which aired on Friday night, January 3, 1975. The character of Cora Sanders was obviously, but loosely, influenced by the real-life Angela Y. Davis. She appeared in one episode of The Golden Girls' sixth season. She played Queen Haley in Roots: The Next Generations, a 1979 miniseries.[7]

Dee was nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning once for her role in the 1990 TV film Decoration Day.[15] She was nominated for her television guest appearance in the China Beach episode, "Skylark." Her husband Ossie Davis (1917–2005) also appeared in the episode. She appeared in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing, and his 1991 film Jungle Fever.[7]

In 1995, she and Davis were awarded the National Medal of Arts.[16] They were also recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2003, she narrated a series of WPA slave narratives in the HBO film Unchained Memories.[17] In 2007 the winner of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album was shared by Dee and Ossie Davis for With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together, and former President Jimmy Carter.[8][18]

Dee was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for her portrayal of Mama Lucas in American Gangster. She won the Screen Actors Guild award for the same performance. At 83 years of age, Dee is currently the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress, behind Gloria Stuart who was 87 when nominated for her role in Titanic. This was Dee's only Oscar nomination.[19]

On February 12, 2009, Dee joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday at the Riverside Church in New York City. Under the direction of Maurice Peress, they performed Earl Robinson's The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra, in which Dee was the Narrator.[20]

Activism

Dee speaking in 2006

Dee and Davis were well-known civil rights activists.[21] Dee was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1963, Dee emceed the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.[22] Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, with Davis giving the eulogy at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.[23] In 1970, she won the Frederick Douglass Award from the New York Urban League.[7]

In 1999, Dee and Davis were arrested at 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the New York Police Department, protesting the police shooting of Amadou Diallo.[24]

In early 2003, The Nation published "Not In My Name," an open proclamation vowing opposition to the impending US invasion of Iraq. Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis were among the signatories, along with Robert Altman, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sarandon and Howard Zinn, among others.

In November 2005 Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in Memphis. Dee, a long-time resident of New Rochelle, New York, was inducted into the New Rochelle Walk of Fame which honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325 year history. She was also inducted into the Westchester County Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nita Lowey.[25] In 2009 she received an Honorary Degree from Princeton University.[18]

Legacy

In a statement on hearing of her death, Gil Robertson IV of the African American Film Critics Association said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights. Her strength, courage and beauty will be greatly missed."[7]

Following her death the marquee on the Apollo theater read “A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922-2014”.[26]

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • 1961: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress – A Raisin in the Sun[27]
  • 1971: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Boesman and Lena[28]
  • 1971: Obie Award for Best Performance by an Actress – Boesman and Lena[10][28]
  • 1973: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Wedding Band[10]
  • 1988: Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame[29]
  • 1991: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Decoration Day[8]
  • 1991: Women in Film Crystal Award[30]
  • 1995: National Medal of Arts[28]
  • 2000: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award[31]
  • 2007: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album – With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together[8]
  • 2008: African–American Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – American Gangster[32]
  • 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – American Gangster[22][33]
  • 2008: The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award[34]
  • 2008: She was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.[35]

Nominations

  • 1964: Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – The Doctors and the Nurses: Express Stop from Lenox Avenue[36]
  • 1979: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – Roots: The Next Generations[28]
  • 1988: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special – Lincoln[28]
  • 1990: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach: Skylark[28]
  • 1993: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Evening Shade: They Can't Take That Away from Me[28]
  • 1995: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Whitewash[36]
  • 2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Little Bill[37]
  • 2002: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress – Saint Lucy's Eyes[28]
  • 2003: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Little Bill[38]
  • 2008: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – American Gangster[28]
  • 2008: Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – American Gangster[33]
  • 2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture – American Gangster[8]
  • 2009: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries – America[39]
  • 2010: Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Event – America[40]

Major Works

Filmography

Features:

  • That Man of Mine (1946)[7]
  • The Fight Never Ends (1947)[41]
  • What a Guy (1948)[41]
  • The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
  • No Way Out (1950)
  • The Tall Target (1951)
  • Go, Man, Go! (1954)
  • Edge of the City (1957)
  • Virgin Island (1958)
  • St. Louis Blues (1958)
  • Take a Giant Step (1959)
  • A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
  • The Balcony (1963)
  • Gone Are the Days! (1963)
  • The Incident (1967)
  • Up Tight! (1968)
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) (documentary)
  • Buck and the Preacher (1972)
  • Black Girl (1972)
  • Wattstax (1973)
  • Countdown at Kusini (1976)[42]
  • Cat People (1982)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Love at Large (1990)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Color Adjustment (1992) (documentary) (narrator)
  • Cop and a Half (1993)
  • The Stand (1994)
  • A Simple Wish (1997)
  • Just Cause (1995)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Loving (1996)[36]
  • A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998) (documentary) (narrator)[42]
  • Baby Geniuses (1999)[42]
  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003) (documentary)
  • No. 2 (2006)
  • The Way Back Home (2006)[42]
  • All About Us (2007)[42]
  • American Gangster (2007)
  • Steam (2007)
  • The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)[42]
  • Dream Street (2010)[43]
  • Video Girl (2011)[44]
  • Politics of Love (2011)[42]
  • Red & Blue Marbles (2011)[42]
  • Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal (2012)[45]
  • A Thousand Words (2012)[42]
  • Betty and Coretta (2013)[46]

Short subjects:

  • Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975)[47]
  • The Torture of Mothers (1980)[41]
  • Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)[48]
  • The Unfinished Journey (1999) (narrator)[49]
  • The New Neighbors (2009) (narrator)[50]

Television

  • The Bitter Cup (1961)[36]
  • Seven Times Monday (1962)[36]
  • The Fugitive (1963)[36]
  • Of Courtship and Marriage (1964)[36]
  • Guiding Light (cast member in 1967)[36]
  • Peyton Place (cast member from 1968–1969)
  • Deadlock (1969)[36]
  • The Sheriff (1971)[36]
  • It's Good to Be Alive (1974)[36]
  • Police Woman Season 1 / Episode 14 "Target Black" (1975)
  • Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (miniseries)[36]
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)[36]
  • All God's Children (1980)[36]
  • With Ossie and Ruby! (1980–1982)[36]
  • Long Day's Journey into Night (1982)
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
  • The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) (miniseries)
  • Windmills of the Gods (1988)[36]
  • Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988)[36]
  • The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)[36]
  • Decoration Day (1990)[36]
  • Golden Girls (1990)[36]
  • Jazztime Tale (1991) (voice)[41]
  • Middle Ages (1992–1993)
  • The Ernest Green Story (1993)
  • The Stand (1994) (miniseries)
  • Whitewash (1994) (voice)[36]
  • Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)[36]
  • Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
  • The Wall (1998)[36]
  • Little Bill (1999 – on hiatus) (voice)
  • Passing Glory (1999)
  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
  • A Storm in Summer (2000)[36]
  • Finding Buck McHenry (2000)[36]
  • The Feast of All Saints (2001) (miniseries)
  • Taking Back Our Town (2001)[36]
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
  • Meet Mary Pleasant (2008)
  • America (2009)

Stage

  • On Strivers Row (1940)[51]
  • Natural Man (1941)[51]
  • Starlight (1942)[51]
  • Three's a Family (1943)[51]
  • South Pacific (1943)[51]
  • Walk Hard (1944)[51]
  • Jeb (1946)[51]
  • Anna Lucasta (1946) (replacement for Hilda Simms)[51]
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1946)[51]
  • John Loves Mary (1946)
  • A Long Way From Home (1948)[51]
  • The Smile of the World (1949)[51]
  • The World of Sholom Aleichem (1953)[51]
  • A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
  • Purlie Victorious (1961)[51]
  • King Lear (1965)[51]
  • The Taming of the Shrew (1965)[51]
  • The Birds (1966)[51]
  • Oresteia (1966)[51]
  • Boesman and Lena (1970)[51]
  • The Imaginary Invalid (1971)[51]
  • The Wedding Band (1972)[51]
  • Hamlet (1975)[51]
  • Bus Stop (1979)
  • Twin-Bit Gardens (1979)[51]
  • Zora is My Name! (1983)[51]
  • Checkmates (1988)[51]
  • The Glass Menagerie (1989)[51]
  • The Disappearance (1993)[51]
  • Flying West (1994)[51]
  • Two Hahs-Hahs and a Homeboy (1995)[51]
  • My One Good Nerve: A Visit with Ruby Dee (1996)[51]
  • A Last Dance for Sybil (2002)[51]
  • Saint Lucy's Eyes (2003)[51]

Discography

  • The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam (Folkways Records, 1967)[52]
  • The Poetry of Langston Hughes (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, no date, TC 1272)[53]
  • What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 1: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways, 1977)[54]
  • What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways, 1977)[55]
  • Every Tone a Testimony (Smithsonian Folkways, 2001)[56]


Notes

  1. ↑ Ronald Bergan, "Ruby Dee obituary", The Guardian, June 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ruby Dee marks 90th birthday with new documentary about her illustrious life with late husband Ossie Davis", New York Daily News, November 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ Davis, Ossie (1998). "Ruby Is Born at Seven", With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together. William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-17582-1. Retrieved July 30, 2008. 
  4. ↑ Gates, Henry Louis (2005). Arts and Letters: An A-To-Z Reference of Writers, Musicians, and Artists of the African American Experience. Running Press. ISBN 0-7624-2042-1. 
  5. ↑ Lyman, Darryl (2005). Great African-American Women. Jonathan David Company, Inc.. ISBN 0-8246-0459-8. 
  6. ↑ Ruby Dee profile at FilmReference.com (July 30, 2008).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "Screen, stage legend Ruby Dee dies at 91", CNN.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Halzack, Sarah (October 27, 1922). Ruby Dee, actress and civil rights activist, dies at 91. The Washington Post. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ Delta Sigma Theta website
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Felicia R. Lee. "At home with: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee; Art and Politics: Keeping It All Fresh – New York Times", The New York Times, April 20, 1995. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  11. ↑ Sheri Stritof; Bob Stritof. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage. About.com. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  12. ↑ Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on Open Marriage. About.com. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  13. ↑ Oscar Nominee Ruby Dee Dead at 91 – ABC News. Abcnews.go.com (October 16, 2013). Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ruby Dee dead at 91", June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  15. ↑ Ruby Dee Awards. IMDb (2008). Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  16. ↑ Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts
  17. ↑ IMDb.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 6 great moments from Ruby Dee’s legendary career | Entertain This!. Entertainthis.usatoday.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ Broadway & Hollywood Legend Ruby Dee Dies at 91 – BWWTVWorld. Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  20. ↑ Theriversdechurchny.org. Theriversidechurchny.org (February 1, 2009). Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  21. ↑ The official site of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, ossieandruby.com; accessed March 3, 2014.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer. Ruby Dee's legacy of activism, acting mourned – Houston Chronicle. Chron.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ Davis, Ossie (February 27, 1965). Malcolm X's Eulogy. The Official Website of Malcolm X. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
  24. ↑ "Showbuzz – March 24, 1999", CNN, March 24, 1999. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  25. ↑ Staff writers. "Ruby Dee To Be Named To Women's Hall Of Fame", Westchester.com, March 6, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2008.
  26. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040
  27. ↑ Deadline, The (May 21, 2014). Oscar-Nominated Actress Ruby Dee Dead at 91. Deadline.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 Carmel Dagan. Ruby Dee Dead: Oscar-Nominated Actress Appeared in Spike Lee Films. Variety. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  29. ↑ Theater Hall of Fame Adds Nine New Names. New York Times (November 22, 1988).
  30. ↑ Past Recipients: Crystal Award. Women In Film. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  31. ↑ 'Missed but never forgotten' _ Ruby Dee's legacy of activism and acting mourned. Star Tribune. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  32. ↑ Iconic Actress and Activist Ruby Dee Dead at 91. Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Hershenson, Roberta, "For Ruby Dee at 83, Acclaim and Performances", February 3, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  34. ↑ The Associated Press 2:14 p.m. EDT June 12, 2014 (November 17, 2010). Daughter: Ruby Dee, Val-Kill medal winner, dead at 91. Poughkeepsiejournal.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  35. ↑ NAACP Spingarn Medal. Naacp.org. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  36. ↑ 36.00 36.01 36.02 36.03 36.04 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18 36.19 36.20 36.21 36.22 36.23 36.24 36.25 Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Dee Television Credits. Ossieandruby.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  37. ↑ Clifford Leads All Toon Nods At Daytime Emmy | Animation World Network. Awn.com (May 18, 2001). Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  38. ↑ Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News: 10 nominations for Nick in the daytime Emmy. Indiantelevision.org.in (March 22, 2003). Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  39. ↑ Nominations Announced for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. Sag-Aftra. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  40. ↑ NAACP. Nominees for 41st NAACP Image Awards announced live at press conference by Taye Diggs, Michael Strahan, Wanda Sykes, Kyle Massey, Chris Massey, Tatyana Ali and NAACP executives. Press release. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Ruby Dee Film Credits. Ossieandruby.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.8 "Ruby Dee – Filmography – Movies & TV", The New York Times, January 18, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  43. ↑ Yahoo Movies. Dream Street | Yahoo Movies. Yahoo.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  44. ↑ "Video Girl" Starring Meagan Good, Ruby Dee On DVD and Blu Ray This Week|Shadow and Act. Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  45. ↑ Now You Too Will Be Able To See 'Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal'|Shadow and Act. Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  46. ↑ Sharp, Diamond. Ruby Dee: Advice From a Legend. The Root. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  47. ↑ Mary Emblen; Alvin Klein. "New Jersey Guide – New York Times", The New York Times, January 29, 1995. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  48. ↑ Scott, Jill (April 10, 2014). Ruby Dee: Jill Scott, Kerry Washington and More on the Grande Dame. Essence.com. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  49. ↑ Feb, Posted (February 20, 2001). SAG Life Achievement Award Goes To Ossie, Ruby. Backstage. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  50. ↑  . The New Metropolis Airing Tuesday Nights on LMC-TV |. Lmc-tv.org. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  51. ↑ 51.00 51.01 51.02 51.03 51.04 51.05 51.06 51.07 51.08 51.09 51.10 51.11 51.12 51.13 51.14 51.15 51.16 51.17 51.18 51.19 51.20 51.21 51.22 51.23 51.24 51.25 51.26 51.27 51.28 51.29 51.30 Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: Ruby Dee Stage Credits. Ossieandruby.com (December 9, 1948). Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  52. ↑ Smithsonian Folkways – The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam – Various Artists. Folkways.si.edu (March 20, 2013). Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  53. ↑ "Langston Hughes – The Most Abused Poet in America?", The New York Times, June 29, 1969. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  54. ↑ Smithsonian Folkways – What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 1: Black Women's Speeches – Ruby Dee. Folkways.si.edu (March 20, 2013). Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  55. ↑ Smithsonian Folkways – What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches – Ruby Dee. Folkways.si.edu (March 20, 2013). Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  56. ↑ Smithsonian Folkways – Every Tone a Testimony – Various Artists. Folkways.si.edu (March 20, 2013). Retrieved June 13, 2014.

References
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  • Davis, Ossie (1984). Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears (Audio Cassette), Caedmon. ISBN 978-0-694-51187-7. 
  • Dee, Ruby (1986). My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons. Third World Press. ISBN 0-88378-114-X. 
  • Davis, Ossie (1998). With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together. William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-15396-0. 


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