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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee(October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright,screenwriter,journalist, andcivil rightsactivist.[1]Dee was married toOssie Davis,with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005.[2]She received numerous accolades, including aEmmy Award,aGrammy Award,anObie Award,and aDrama Desk Award,as well as a nomination for anAcademy Award.She was honored with theNational Medal of Artsin 1995, theScreen Actors Guild Life Achievement Awardin 2000, and theKennedy Center Honorsin 2004.

Ruby Dee
Dee in 1972
Born
Ruby Ann Wallace

(1922-10-27)October 27, 1922
Cleveland, Ohio,U.S.
DiedJune 11, 2014(2014-06-11)(aged 91)
New Rochelle, New York,U.S.
Resting placeFerncliff Cemetery
Alma materHunter College(1945)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • poet
  • playwright
  • screenwriter
  • journalist
  • activist
Years active1940–2013
Spouses
Frankie Dee Brown
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(m.1941;div.1945)​
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(m.1948; died 2005)​
Children3, includingGuy Davis

Dee started her career with theAmerican Negro Theatre.She made herBroadwaydebut inSouth Pacific(1943). She met her future husband working together on the playJeb(1946). She originated the Broadway roles of Ruth Younger inLorraine Hansberry'sA Raisin in the Sun(1959) and reprised the role in the1961 filmand Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins in the Ossie Davis playPurlie Victorious(1961) and reprised the role in the1963 film.

She made her film debut inThat Man of Mine(1946) before landing a leading roles in films such asThe Jackie Robinson Story(1950),Edge of the City(1957),Take a Giant Step(1959), andBuck and the Preacher(1972). She also acted in the Ossie Davis filmBlack Girl(1972), and theSpike LeefilmsDo the Right Thing(1989) andJungle Fever(1991). For her performance inAmerican Gangster(2007), Dee was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actressand won theScreen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

Dee received twoPrimetime Emmy Awardnominations for her roles inThe Doctors and the Nurses(1964) andDecoration Day(1990). She was nominated for her other roles inRoots: The Next Generations(1979),Lincoln(1988),China Beach(1990), andEvening Shade(1993). She also acted inI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1979),Long Day's Journey into Night(1982),Go Tell It on the Mountain(1985),The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson(1990), andThe Stand(1994). She voiced Alice the Great in theNick Jr.seriesLittle Billfrom 1999 to 2004.

Early life and education

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Dee was born on October 27, 1922, inCleveland,Ohio,[3]the daughter of Gladys (néeHightower) and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter.[4]After her mother left the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.[5][6][7]

Dee was raised inHarlem, New York.[8]Prior to attendingHunter College High School,she studied at Public Schools 119 and 136.[9]Then, she went on to graduate fromHunter Collegewith a degree inRomance languagesin 1945.[10]She was a member ofDelta Sigma Theta.[11]

Career

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1940–1959: Early acting roles

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Dee byCarl Van Vechten,September 25, 1962

Dee joined theAmerican Negro Theatreas an apprentice, working withSidney Poitier,Harry Belafonte,andHilda Simms.[10]She made herBroadwaydebut portraying a Native in the play South Pacific[12](1943). She played the title role in theEugene O'NeillplayAnna Lucasta.[13]She met her future husbandOssie Davisin the post-World War IIplayJeb(1946). That same year she made her first onscreen role was in the musicalThat Man of Mine(1946). The following film she acted in the crime filmThe Fight Never Ends(1947).

She received national recognition for her portrayal ofRachel Robinsonin the sports drama filmThe Jackie Robinson Story(1950).[8]Bosley CrowtherofThe New York Timespraised Dee's performance describing her as "the well restrained sweetheart".[14]Also in 1950 she had an uncredited role in film noirNo Way Outdirected byJoseph L. Mankiewicz.She continued acting in films such as the historical crime filmThe Tall Target(1951), the sports filmGo Man Go(1954), the music filmSt. Louis Blues(1958), and the British dramaVirgin Island(1958). During this time she took a role in the film noirEdge of the City(1957) starring alongsideJohn CassavetesandSidney Poitier.

1959–1979: Breakthrough and acclaim

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Louis Gossett Jr.,Dee andSidney PoitierinA Raisin in the Sun(1959)

In 1959 she gained prominence for originating the role of Ruth Younger in theLorraine Hansberry's playA Raisin in the Sunwhich premiered onBroadway.She acted alongsideSidney PoitierandLouis Gossett Jr..The play was the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. She reprised the role in the1961 film of the same name.She returned to Broadway in theOssie Davissatirical farcePurlie Victorious(1961) portraying Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins. Howard Taubman ofThe New York Timeswrote of Dee's performance, "[she] has been treated generously. As Lutiebell she has enough humor and charm to make one envy Purlie Victorious that she is eager disciple".[15]She acted opposite her husband Ossie Davis andAlan Aldain his acting debut. They reprised their roles of the 1963 film entitled,Gone Are the Days!which was produced byBrock Petersand directed byNicholas Webster.

Her career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the filmsA Raisin in the Sun,in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, andEdge of the City.She played both roles opposite Poitier.[10]She received thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Moviefor her role onThe Doctors and the Nurses(1964). In 1965, Dee performed in lead roles at theAmerican Shakespeare Festivalas Kate inThe Taming of the Shrewand Cordelia inKing Lear,becoming the first black actress to portray a lead role in the festival. In 1963 she acted in the filmThe BalconywithShelley Winters,Peter Falk,Lee Grant,andLeonard Nimoy.She then acted in the film noirThe Incident(1967), the drama filmUptight(1968), and the documentaryKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis(1970).

Left to right:Ely Landau,Ruby Dee,Paul Newman,andSidney Lumetat theKing: A Filmed Record(1970)

In 1969, Dee appeared in 20 episodes ofPeyton Place.[8]She acted in Ossie Davis' filmsBlack Girl(1972) andCountdown at Kusini(1976) and the Western filmBuck and the PreacherwithSidney PoitierandHarry Belafonte.She appeared as Cora Sanders, a Marxist college professor, in season 1, episode 14 ofPolice 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-lifeAngela Davis.She appeared in one episode ofThe Golden Girls'sixth season. She played Queen Haley in the miniseriesRoots: The Next Generations(1979) for which she received a nomination for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.[8]She acted in the CBS television filmI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1979) based on theMaya Angelouautobiography of the same name.

1980–2014

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Dee with CongressmanDavid Scottin 2006

Dee was nominated for eightEmmy Awards,winning once for her role in the 1990TV filmDecoration Day.She was nominated for her television guest appearance in theChina Beachepisode, "Skylark". Her husbandOssie Davis(1917–2005) also appeared in the episode. She appeared inSpike Lee's 1989 filmDo the Right Thing,and his 1991 filmJungle Fever.[8]She starred in the television films portraying Mary Tyrone inLong Day's Journey into Night(1982) and Mrs. Grimes inGo Tell It on the Mountain(1985). Dee returned to Broadway in the playCheckmateswritten byRon Milner.She acted alongsideDenzel Washington,Paul Winfieldand Marsha Jackson. In 1990 she portrayedZora Neale HurstoninZora Is My Name!and playedJackie Robinson's mother inThe Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson.That same year she earned aPrimetime Emmy Awardfor her role inDecoration Day(1990). She played Mother Abagail Freemantle in theStephen KingminiseriesThe Stand(1994). She collaborated with comedianBill Cosbyacting in bothCosbyin 1998 and voicing Alice the Great in theNick Jr.animated seriesLittle Billfrom 1999 to 2004. The next year she and Davis were awarded theNational Medal of Artsfrom PresidentBill Clinton.[16]

In 2003, she narrated a series ofWPA&slave narrativesin the HBO filmUnchained Memories.They were also recipients of the 2004Kennedy Center Honors.In 2007 theGrammy Award for Best Spoken Word Albumwas shared by Dee and Ossie Davis forWith Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together,and former PresidentJimmy Carter.[10][17]Dee portrayed Mama Lucas in theRidley Scottdirected crime filmAmerican Gangster(2007). Dee acted alongsideDenzel WashingtonandRussell Crowe.For her performance she was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actresslosing toTilda Swintonfor her role in the legal thrillerMichael Clayton(2007). She won theScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Rolefor the same performance. At 85 years of age, Dee is currently thethird oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress,behindGloria StuartandJudi Dench(both 87).[18]

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 inNew York City.Under the direction ofMaurice Peress,they performedEarl Robinson'sThe Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra,in which Dee was the narrator.[19]Dee's last role in atheatrically releasedfilm was in theEddie MurphycomedyA Thousand Words,in which she portrayed the mother of Murphy's protagonist. In 2013 she narrated the Lifetime filmBetty & CorettastarringAngela BassettandMary J. Blige.Her final film role is in1982,which premiered at the2013 Toronto International Film Festival[20]and was released onhome videoon March 1, 2016.[21]It is unknown whether her final role will ever be seen, asKing Dogwas in production at the time of her death,[22]and no release date has ever been announced.

Personal life

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Marriage

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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.[10]Three years later she married actorOssie Davis,whom she met while costarring inRobert Ardrey's 1946 Broadway playJeb.[23]Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed their political activism and their decision to have anopen marriage(later changing their views).[24][25]Together they had three children: son, blues musicianGuy Davis,and two daughters, Nora Day and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was abreast cancersurvivor of more than three decades.[26]In 1979, theSupersisterstrading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Dee's name and picture.[27]

Political activism

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Dee and Davis were well-knowncivil rightsactivists in theCivil Rights Movement.[28]Dee was a member of theCongress of Racial Equality(CORE), theNAACP,theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,Delta Sigma Thetasorority, and theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference.She was also as an active member of the Harlem Writers Guild for over 40 years. In 1963, DeeemceedtheMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.[29]Dee and Davis were both personal friends of bothMartin Luther King Jr.andMalcolm X,with Davis giving theeulogyat Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.[30]In 1970, she won theFrederick DouglassAward from the New YorkUrban League.[8]In 1999, Dee and Davis were arrested at1 Police Plaza,the headquarters of theNew York Police Department,protesting the police shooting ofAmadou Diallo.[31]

In early 2003,The Nationpublished "Not in Our Name", an open proclamation vowing opposition to the impending USinvasion of Iraq.Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis were among the signatories, along withRobert Altman,Noam Chomsky,Susan Sarandon,andHoward Zinn,among others.[citation needed]In November 2005, Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located inMemphis.Dee, a long-time resident ofNew Rochelle, New York,was inducted into theNew Rochelle Walk of Famewhich honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325-year history. She was also inducted into theWestchester CountyWomen's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees asHillary ClintonandNita Lowey.[32]In 2009, she received an honoraryDoctor of Fine Artsdegree fromPrinceton University.[17][33]

Death

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Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home inNew Rochelle, New York,fromnatural causesat the age of 91.[34]In a statement,Gil Robertson IVof theAfrican-American Film Critics Associationsaid, "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, Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights."[8]

"She very peacefully surrendered", said her daughter Nora Day. "We hugged her, we kissed her, we gave her our permission to go. She opened her eyes. She looked at us. She closed her eyes, and she set sail." Following her death, the marquee on theApollo Theaterread: "A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922–2014".[35]

Dee was cremated, and her ashes are held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".[10]A public memorial celebration honoring Dee was held on September 20, 2014, at theRiverside ChurchinUpper Manhattan.[36]Their shared urn was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.[37]

Acting credits

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Filmography

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Ruby Dee andJoel Fluellen(center) in
The Jackie Robinson Story(1950)
Year Title Role Note
1946 That Man of Mine[8] Joan First film
1947 Easy to Get[38] Drugstore girl U.S. Army venereal disease training film
The Fight Never Ends[39] Jane
1948 What a Guy [39]
1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Rae Robinson
No Way Out Connie Brooks Uncredited
1951 The Tall Target Rachel
1954 Go, Man, Go! Irma Jackson
1957 Edge of the City Lucy Tyler
1958 St. Louis Blues Elizabeth
Virgin Island Ruth
1959 Take a Giant Step Christine
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger
1963 The Balcony Thief
Gone Are the Days! Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1967 The Incident Joan Robinson
1968 Up Tight! Laurie
1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Herself Documentary
1972 Buck and the Preacher Ruth
Black Girl Netta's Mother
1973 Wattstax Herself
1975 Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama[40] Herself Short
1976 Countdown at Kusini[41] Leah Matanzima
1980 The Torture of Mothers[39] Short
1982 Cat People Female
1989 Do the Right Thing Mother Sister
1990 Love at Large Corrine Dart
1991 Jungle Fever Lucinda Purify
1993 Color Adjustment Narrator Documentary
Cop and a Half Rachel
1995 Just Cause Evangeline
Tuesday Morning Ride[42] Jennie Short
1997 A Simple Wish Hortense
1998 A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner Narrator Documentary[41]
1999 Baby Geniuses[41] Margo
The Unfinished Journey[43] Narrator Short
2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Herself Documentary
2006 No. 2 Nanna Maria
The Way Back Home Maude
2007 All About Us[41] Ms. Ella
American Gangster Mama Lucas
Steam Doris
2009 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll[41] Miss Candy
The New Neighbors[44] Narrator Short
2010 Dream Street Laura [45]
2011 Video Girl Valerie [46]
Politics of Love[41] Grandma 'Estelle' Roseanne Gupta
Red & Blue Marbles[41] Professor June Wright
2012 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal Herself [47]
A Thousand Words Annie McCall [41]
2013 1982 Rose Brown Final role

Television

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Year Title Role Note
1960–1961 Play of the Week Lila / Jane 2 episodes
1961 Frontiers of Faith[48] Grace Gilmore Episode: "The Bitter Cup"
1962 Seven Times Monday[48] Lila TV movie
1963 Alcoa Premiere Irene Clayton Episode: "Impact of an Execution"
1963 The Doctors and the Nurses Jenny Bishop Episode: "Express Stop from Lenox Avenue"
1963 The Fugitive[48] Laura Smith Episode: "Decision in the Ring"
1963 The Great Adventure[48] Harriet Tubman Episode: "Go Down, Moses"
1963 East Side West Side Marilyn Marsden Episode: "No Hiding Place"
1964 Of Courtship and Marriage[48] TV movie
1965 The Defenders Catherine Collins Episode: "The Sworn Twelve"
1966 Armchair Theatre Vicky Kingsbury Episode: "Neighbours"
1967 Guiding Light Martha Frazier Cast member[48]
1968–1969 Peyton Place Alma Miles 25 episodes
1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors Lucinda Episode: "Deadlock"[48]
1970 Sesame Street Herself
1971 The Sheriff[48] Sue Ann Lucas TV movie
1973 Tenafly Jan Lennox Episode: "The Window That Wasn't"
1974 It's Good to Be Alive[48] Ruth Campanella TV movie
1975 Police Woman Cora Sanders Episode: "Target Black"
1978 Watch Your Mouth Mrs. Fullo Episode: "The Outcast"
1979 Roots: The Next Generations Queen Haley Miniseries[48]
1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings[48] Grandmother Baxter TV movie
1980 All God's Children[48] Irene Whitfield TV movie
1980–1982 With Ossie and Ruby![48] Herself
1982 Long Day's Journey into Night Mary Tyrone TV movie
1985 Go Tell It on the Mountain Mrs. Grimes TV movie
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders Faye Williams Miniseries
1987 Spenser: For Hire Eleanor Simpson Episode: "Personal Demons"
1987 Crown Dick Johnson's Mother TV movie
1988 Windmills of the Gods[48] Dorothy 2 episodes
1988 Gore Vidal's Lincoln[48] Elizabeth Keckley 2 episodes
1990 Zora Is My Name! Zora Neale Hurston TV movie
1990 American Experience Narrator Episode: "Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad"
1990 China Beach Ruby Episode: "Skylark"
1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson[48] Jackie's Mother TV movie
1990 The Golden Girls[48] Mammy Watkins Episode: "Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy"
1990 Decoration Day[48] Rowena TV movie
1991 Jazztime Tale Narrator[39] TV movie
1992 Middle Ages Estelle Williams 2 episodes
1993 The Ernest Green Story Mrs. Lydia Wilson TV movie
1993 Evening Shade Aurelia Danforth Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
1994 The Stand Mother Abagail Freemantle Miniseries
1994 Whitewash[48] Grandmother (voice) TV movie
1995 American Masters Narrator Episode: "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul"
1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving[48] Sophia TV movie
1996 Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Indigo TV movie
1998 The Wall[48] Mrs. Mitchell TV movie
1998 Promised Land Alicia Episode: "Baptism of Fire"
1998 Cosby Mattie Episode: "Ol' Betsy"
1999–2004 Little Bill Alice the Great (voice) 47 episodes
1999 Passing Glory Mommit Porter TV movie
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Bessie Delany TV movie
1999 Touched by an Angel LaBelle Springbelt Episode: "The Christmas Gift"
2000 A Storm in Summer[48] Grandmother TV movie
2000 Finding Buck McHenry[48] Mrs. Henry TV movie
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Grandma (voice) Episode: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"
2001 Between the Lions Woodcutter's Wife Episode: "Bug Beard"
2001 The Feast of All Saints Elsie Claviere Miniseries
2001 Taking Back Our Town[48] Emelda West TV movie
2004 Fatherhood Louise (voice) Episode: "It's a Dad, Dad World"
2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God Nanny TV movie
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mary Wilson Episode: "Empty Eyes"
2008 Meet Mary Pleasant Herself TV movie
2009 America Mrs. Harper TV movie
2013 Betty & Coretta Narrator TV movie[49]

Theatre

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Awards and nominations

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Year Awards Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1961 National Board of Review Awards Best Supporting Actress A Raisin in the Sun Won [51]
1964 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role The Doctors and the Nurses Nominated [48]
1971 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Performance Boesman and Lena Won [52]
Obie Awards Best Performance by an Actress Won [52][23]
1973 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Performance Wedding Band Won [23]
1979 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special Roots: The Next Generations Nominated [52]
1988 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Lincoln Nominated [52]
American Theater Hall of Fame Induction Herself Won [53]
1989 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Do the Right Thing Won [54][55]
1990 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series China Beach(Episode: "Skylark" ) Nominated [52]
1991 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Decoration Day Won [10]
Women in Film Crystal Award Herself Won [56]
1993 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Evening Shade Nominated [52]
1995 United States Congress National Medal of Arts Herself Won [52]
Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Whitewash Nominated [48]
1997 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Nominated [57]
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Herself Won [58]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Having Our Say Nominated
2001 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Little Bill Nominated [59]
2002 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Actress Saint Lucy's Eyes Nominated [52]
2003 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Little Bill Nominated [60]
Women in Film and Television International Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards Herself Won [61]
2007 Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album(tied withJimmy Carter) With Ossie and Ruby Won [10][62]
2008 African–American Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress American Gangster Won [63]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated [64]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Won [29][64]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated [10]
Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated [65]
Academy Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [52]
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award Herself Won [66]
NAACP Spingarn Medal Won [67]
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries America Nominated [68]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Nominated [69]

Discography

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  • The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam(Folkways Records,1967)[70]
  • The Poetry of Langston Hughes(withOssie Davis.Caedmon Records,no date, TC 1272)[71]
  • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men(with George Grizzard. Caedmon Records, 1970, TC 1324)
  • Tough Poems For Tough People(with Ossie Davis and Henry Braun. Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 1396)
  • To Make A Poet Black: The best poems of Countee Cullen(with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1971, TC 1400
  • To Be A Slave(with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 2066)
  • The Lost Zoo(Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1539)
  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Other Tales(with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1592)
  • What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 1: Black Women's Speeches(Folkways, 1977)[72]
  • What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches(Folkways, 1977)[73]
  • Every Tone a Testimony(Smithsonian Folkways,2001)[74]
  • American Short Stories, Vol 2,Various Artists (eav Le xing ton, no date, LE 7703)
  • American Short Stories, Vol 3,Various Artists (eav Le xing ton, no date, LE 7704)
  • I've got a name,Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 662)
  • At your own risk,Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 663)
  • Conflict,Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1969, CSM 816)
  • Sight lines,Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1970, SBN 03-071525-3)
  • Roses & Revolutions,Various Artists (D.S.T. Telecommunications, Inc., Production, 1975)
  • New Dimensions in Music(with John Cullum. CBS Records, 1976, P 13161)

Bibliography

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  • Davis, Ossie; Ruby Dee (1984).Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears(Audio Cassette). Caedmon.ISBN978-0-694-51187-7.
  • Dee, Ruby (1986).My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons.Third World Press.ISBN0-88378-114-X.
  • Davis, Ossie; Dee, Ruby (1998).With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together.William Morrow.ISBN978-0-688-15396-0.

See also

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References

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