Ruby Dee

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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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instanceOf civil rights activist
film actress
human
memoirist
playwright
poet
stage actress
television actress
voice actress
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album GENERATED
Kennedy Center Honors GENERATED
National Medal of Arts GENERATED
Primetime Emmy Award GENERATED
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award GENERATED
birthName Ruby Ann Wallace GENERATED
causeOfDeath natural causes GENERATED
coAuthor Ossie Davis GENERATED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-10-27 GENERATED
dateOfDeath 2014-06-11 GENERATED
dateOfMarriage 1948-12-09 GENERATED
educatedAt American Negro Theatre GENERATED
Hunter College GENERATED
ethnicGroup African American GENERATED
familyName Wallace GENERATED
givenName Ruby GENERATED
memberOf Congress of Racial Equality GENERATED
NAACP GENERATED
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (supporter) GENERATED
movement American civil rights movement GENERATED
name Ruby Dee GENERATED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress GENERATED
notableWork A Raisin in the Sun (film, 1961) GENERATED
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
numberOfChildren 3 GENERATED
occupation actor GENERATED
civil rights activist GENERATED
stage director GENERATED
writer GENERATED
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States GENERATED
placeOfDeath New Rochelle, New York, United States GENERATED
politicalActivity advocated for racial equality and social justice through speeches and performances
participated in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
religion Christianity
residence Harlem, New York City, United States GENERATED
sexOrGender female GENERATED
spouse Ossie Davis GENERATED

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