Ruby Dee
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civil rights activist
film actress
human
memoirist
playwright
poet
stage actress
television actress
voice actress
Ruby Dee was an acclaimed American actress, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist known for her powerful performances on stage and screen and her longstanding partnership with Ossie Davis.
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civil rights activist
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film actress → human → memoirist → playwright → poet → stage actress → television actress → voice actress → |
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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Kennedy Center Honors GENERATED → National Medal of Arts GENERATED → Primetime Emmy Award GENERATED → Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award GENERATED → |
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Ruby Ann Wallace
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natural causes
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Ossie Davis
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United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1922-10-27
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| dateOfDeath |
2014-06-11
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| dateOfMarriage |
1948-12-09
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| educatedAt |
American Negro Theatre
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Hunter College GENERATED → |
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African American
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Wallace
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Ruby
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Congress of Racial Equality
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NAACP GENERATED → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (supporter) GENERATED → |
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American civil rights movement
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| name |
Ruby Dee
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| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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| notableWork |
A Raisin in the Sun (film, 1961)
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A Raisin in the Sun (stage play, 1959) GENERATED → American Gangster GENERATED → Buck and the Preacher GENERATED → Decoration Day (TV film) GENERATED → Do the Right Thing GENERATED → Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV film) GENERATED → Jungle Fever GENERATED → No Compromise – No Sell Out (poetry and writings) GENERATED → The Jackie Robinson Story GENERATED → The Stand (TV miniseries) GENERATED → With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together GENERATED → |
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3
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| occupation |
actor
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civil rights activist GENERATED → stage director GENERATED → writer GENERATED → |
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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New Rochelle, New York, United States
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| politicalActivity |
advocated for racial equality and social justice through speeches and performances
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participated in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → |
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Christianity
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Harlem, New York City, United States
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| sexOrGender |
female
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Ossie Davis
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American Gangster
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American Gangster
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Ferncliff Cemetery
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notableBurial |