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Ruby Dee is a Actor and Writer American born on 27 october 1922 at Cleveland (USA)

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee
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Birth name Ruby Ann Wallace
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1922 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 11 june 2014 (at 91 years) at New Rochelle (USA)
Awards National Medal of Arts

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) 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 the 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.

Biography

Ruby Dee découvre sa passion avec sa mère dès l'âge de 13 ans. Elle fait ses premiers pas dans l'église de son village, et puis elle commence une carrière d'actrice et scénariste dans le théâtre de son collège.

Best films

Cop and ½ (1993)
(Actress)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
(Actress)

Usually with

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
(10 films)
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
(2 films)
Jules Dassin
Jules Dassin
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ruby Dee (46 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2018King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisActressSelf (archive footage)
2012A Thousand WordsActressAnnie McCall
2012Sing Your SongActress
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollActressMiss Candy
2011Politics of LoveActressGrandmother
2009AmericaActressMrs. Harper
2007American GangsterActressMama Lucas
2007SteamActressDoris
2006No. 2ActressNanna Maria
2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodActressNanny
2003Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksActressSelf
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesActress
2000A Storm in SummerActressGrandmother
1999Baby GeniusesActressMargo
1999Passing GloryActressMommit Porter
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsActressAnnie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1997A Simple WishActressHortence
1995Just CauseActressEvangeline Ferguson
1994WhitewashActressGrandmother (voice)
1994The Stand (TV miniseries)ActressMother Abigail Freemantle
1993Cop and ½ActressRachel
1993The Ernest Green StoryActressLydia Wilson
1992Color AdjustmentActressNarrator
1991Jungle FeverActressLucinda Purify
1990Love at LargeActressCorrine Dart
1990Decoration DayActressRowena
1990The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonActressJackie's Mother
1989Do the Right ThingActressMother Sister
1988Windmills of the Gods (miniseries)Actress
1982Cat PeopleActressFemale
1979I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsActressGrandmother Baxter
1976Countdown at KusiniActressLeah Matanzima
1972Buck and the PreacherActressRuth
1972Black GirlActressNetta's mother
1968UptightActress, WriterLaurie
1967The IncidentActressJoan Robinson
1963The BalconyActressThief
1961A Raisin in the SunActressRuth Younger
1959Virgin IslandActressRuth
1959Take a Giant StepActressChristine
1958St. Louis BluesActressElizabeth
1957Edge of the CityActressLucy Tyler
1954Go Man GoActressIrma Jackson
1951The Tall TargetActressRachel
1950The Jackie Robinson StoryActressRae Robinson
1950No Way OutActressConnie Brooks (uncredited)