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Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Ruth Younger in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), and Do the Right Thing (1989).
For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the recipient of Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, Screen Actors Guild, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Awards, as well as the National Medal of Arts, and Kennedy Center Honors. She was married to actor Ossie Davis until his death in 2005.
Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Gladys (née 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.
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Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of 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 (née Benson), a schoolteacher.[1][2][3][4] Dee grew up in Harlem, New York. She graduated in 1945 from Hunter College with degrees in French and Spanish, and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Inc. She made several appearances on Broadway before receiving national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story. Dee's career in acting has 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. ...
Taped: 07/30/2006. African-American Legends profiles prominent African-Americans in the arts, in politics, the social sciences, sports, community service, and business. Watch more at www.cuny.tv/series/aalegends
"TAKE A GIANT STEP" Plot summary A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War emphasized in the history class, he storms out and gets caught smoking a cigar in the boy's room. Spencer's crush on a white classmate goes nowhere because of her father's attitude towards blacks. His outspoken grandmother seems the only one who understands his angry growing pains, at the early stages of the U.S. Civil Rights Era. . Full cast and crew starring, Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal, Ellen Holly, Pauline Myers, Beah Richards, Royce Wallace, Frances Foster, Delmar Erickson, Dee Pollack, Frank Killmond, Joe Sonesa, Sherman Raskin, Bill Walker, ...
Ruby Dee recites a poem at the Inspiration Event at Radio City Music Hall during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. What a tribute to those who volunteer and serve.
Ruby Dee American Gangster NOMINATED ROLE Ruby Dee portrays Mama Lucas, a poor Southern woman whose son becomes a wealthy New York drug dealer. ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY This is the first Academy Award nomination for Ruby Dee. FILM SYNOPSIS Ambitious Harlem drug dealer Frank Lucas reaches the pinnacle of the criminal underworld with a scheme to smuggle heroin directly from Thailand to the streets of New York City; a plan made easier by the extensive corruption within the city's police department. Threatening his operation, however, is Richie Roberts, a pugnacious cop unafraid to take on both Lucas and his own dishonest colleagues. A BlackTree Media Production Thank you for watching! Blacktree is at all the hottest events on the planet (award shows, movie premieres and press junkets, fashi...
Subscribe to our YouTube channel, WhatsThe411TV http://www.whatsthe411.com --On September 20, 2014, New Yorkers held a memorial service for the legendary award-winning actress, poet, wife, civil rights activists, mother, grandmother, friend, neighbor, and mentor, Ruby Dee. Yes, as you will see in this video, Ms. Dee was all that and more. In this video are friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and admirers, who all bring Ms. Dee to life with their words and through hers. Some of the celebrities featured: are former NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins, Sonia Sanchez, Phylicia Rashad, Glynn Turman, Tyne Daly, Lynn Whitfield, Kim Fields, S. Epatha Merkerson, Terrie Williams, and Alicia Keys. Based in Brooklyn, New York, What's The 411 TV is a division of What's The 411 Networks, a media/news and info...
"American Gangster" is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by "Ridley Scott. The film stars "Russell Crowe & Denzel Washington" in their first lead acting roles together since 1995's "Virtuosity". The film also co-stars "Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal & Cuba Gooding, Jr.". American Gangster was nominated for twenty-one awards, including two Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee), and won three including a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Dee.
Award-winning actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee passed away peacefully at the age of 91.
For his full interview, see http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ossie-davis
"TAKE A GIANT STEP" Plot summary A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War emphasized in the history class, he storms out and gets caught smoking a cigar in the boy's room. Spencer's crush on a white classmate goes nowhere because of her father's attitude towards blacks. His outspoken grandmother seems the only one who understands his angry growing pains, at the early stages of the U.S. Civil Rights Era. . Full cast and crew starring, Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal, Ellen Holly, Pauline Myers, Beah Richards, Royce Wallace, Frances Foster, Delmar Erickson, Dee Pollack, Frank Killmond, Joe Sonesa, Sherman Raskin, Bill Walker, ...
Taped: 07/30/2006. African-American Legends profiles prominent African-Americans in the arts, in politics, the social sciences, sports, community service, and business. Watch more at www.cuny.tv/series/aalegends
Public TV special from 1965 featuring Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis and The Voices, Inc. From www.archive.org
A look back at the original production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in The Sun" with the late Ruby Dee, the original Ruth; the late Ossie Davis, who took over the part of Walter from Sidney Poitier, and the late producer Philip Rose, who put together the original production of this deeply important American play (6/12/02)
Taped: 12/15/2003. Actress Ruby Dee discusses co-authoring an autobiography with her husband, the late Ossie Davis, and using it to raise money for New York theatre groups. She comments on the challenge of finding good roles for black performers on Broadway, and integrating her social activism into her long career in the theatre. The acclaimed television series 'Women in Theatre' provides a unique look into the lives of some of the gifted women who create and sustain theatre in the United States -- with major directors, designers, actors, lyricists, composers and producers -- conducted by Linda Winer, theatre critic for Newsday. The series' theme song is "The Glamorous Life" from 'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Alex Rybeck, noted pianist and music director. ...
Get a candid glimpse into the lives of actors and "National Treasures" Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee with this wonderful program! Taped live in Chicago, Illinois at the Art Institute of Chicago's Arthur Rubloff Auditorium on October 18, 2002, activist and scholar Angela Davis interviews Mr. Davis and Ms. Dee on their lives and careers as award-winning actors and cherished activists. From their work with the American Negro Theater in fighting segregation and discrimination after World War II to their performances in the television series "Roots," their stories and commitment to humanitarian and political activism will inspire you. Their enriching thoughts on the arts and politics will inspire generations to come in enacting positive change in the world. Own your copy of this historical and treas...
Visionnez "OSSIE DAVIS AND RUBY DEE ON TELEVISION: "NOW IS THE TIME," a program of dramatic readings (1967) - durée 35 minutes Durant cet extraordinaire programme, le couple d'acteurs activistes lit des texte d'écrivains et de personnalités noirs - James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr.,Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar et d'autres - afin de faire comprendre la lutte pour les droits civiques qui se poursuivait en 1967 à Philadelphie. The struggle for civil rights in Philadelphia is showcased by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee reading from the words of James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and other black writers. "Now Is The Time" originally aired on WCAU in Philadelphia on December 13, 1967 - duration 55 minutes «Now Is The Time (C’est maintenant) met ...
See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ruby-dee
Taped: 12/15/2003. Actress Ruby Dee discusses co-authoring an autobiography with her husband, the late Ossie Davis, and using it to raise money for New York theatre groups. She comments on the challenge of finding good roles for black performers on Broadway, and integrating her social activism into her long career in the theatre. The acclaimed television series 'Women in Theatre' provides a unique look into the lives of some of the gifted women who create and sustain theatre in the United States -- with major directors, designers, actors, lyricists, composers and producers -- conducted by Linda Winer, theatre critic for Newsday. The series' theme song is "The Glamorous Life" from 'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim, performed by Alex Rybeck, noted pianist and music director. ...
Award-winning actress Ruby Dee discusses how racism impacted her early career and diversity in Hollywood today. Check local listings for airdates of Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200802/20080221_dee.html
Reelblack's Robert X. Golphin speaks with Oscar nominated actress and author RUBY DEE in this exclusive clip.
See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ruby-dee
For his full interview, see http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ossie-davis
Boys talkin' down on the sidelines watching
Wishin' they was playin' the game we playin'
But it's all good though
Paul Wall
Brooke, what up baby?
What it do Paul?
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really know something about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know baby, they don't know about it)
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know about it baby)
Talk to ‘em Brooke
I'm just trying to live, but you're all up in my grill
How's a girl to breathe with the media
Staring down my mouth with a four-inch lens?
I just wanna hit the mall with some of my friends
And I need to clear my mind ‘cause they're driving me insane
I be switchin' lanes down 95
Swervin' in my E-class, sunroof popped
With my stunner shades on ‘cause the haters won't stop, no!
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really know something about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know baby, they don't know about it)
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know about it baby)
What it do
I hear the commentators on the side chatter boxing
Paul Wall and Brooke got all the paparazzi watching
I hear ‘em jaw japping, bumping guns, chasing crumbs
We ain't concerned with them bums, we accumulating funds
Plaster wrist, got the Johnny Dang watch froze
5 karat divvied yellow stone in my earlobe
I'm squashing chatter when the light hit the pinky ring
Starched and clean, white cuff for the lean
See me in that new Benz ‘cause I'm oh so ballin'
Or a old school slab with the fifth wheel fallin'
We got ‘em talkin' but really they ain't saying too much
Just speculating with they gossip, truth is they don't know about us
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(No!)
Everybody talking like they really know something about us
(Oh no, they don't know about us)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know about us, no)
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know baby)
(They don't know about us)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know about it baby)
Stop, stop, stop
I'm not listening, you can save your breath
I don't wanna hear the rumors people are spreading
Why, why do people go
Out of their way to try to bring us down?
No, they don't know the truth about us
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Oh no)
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really know something about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know baby)
They don't know about us
I see your lips moving but I don't hear nothing
(Naw)
Everybody talking like they really wanna know about us
(They don't know baby)
But they don't know nothing about us
(They don't know about it baby, naw)