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Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, Screen Actors Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors, among scores of others awards.
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 married Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher. Dee grew up in Harlem, New York. She attended Hunter College High School and went on to graduate from Hunter College with degrees in French and Spanish in 1944. Dee is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Dee made several appearances on Broadway before receiving national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story. Her 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. She played both roles opposite Sidney Poitier. During the 1960s, Dee appeared in such politically charged films as Gone Are the Days and The Incident, which is recognized as helping pave the way for young African-American actors and filmmakers.
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Dee, Ruby Filmography
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2014, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2013, role: actress , character name: Rose Brown
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2013, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2012, role: actress , character name: Annie McCall
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2011, role: actress
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2011, role: actress , character name: Valerie
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: actress , character name: Professor Wright
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2010, role: actress
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2010, role: actress
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2009, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Harper
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2009, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2009, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2009, role: actress , character name: Miss Candy
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself - Winner: Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role & Best Motion Picture Cast
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2007, role: actress , character name: Ms. Ella
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2007, role: actress , character name: Doris
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2007, role: actress , character name: Inez Hightower
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2007, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2007, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2007, role: actress , character name: Mama Lucas
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2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2006, role: actress , character name: Maude
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2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2006, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2006, role: actress , character name: Nanna Maria
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2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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Play in Full Screen Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2005, role: actress , character name: Nanny
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2004, role: actress , character name: Herself - Honoree
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2004, role: actress
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2004, role: actress , character name: Herself - Panelist
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2003, role: actress , character name: Reader
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2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2002, role: actress
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself - Interviewee
Dee, Ruby Filmography
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1983, role: actor , character name: Fantastic Freaks
Famous quotes by Ruby Dee:
"There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, ... but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days."
"It was a nerve-racking moment, ... He stayed up half the night writing it. Then we stayed up because that was all we could do."
"We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are."
"There is so much to do, ... Ossie left a lot of work that we are still trying to finish."
"She knew how we struggled with ourselves,"
"we will give her the kudos that she so richly deserves."
"The greatest gift is not being afraid to question."
"God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear."
"OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head."
"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage, dignity."
"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity."
Ruby Dee
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- Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History released: 2001
Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History
Released 2001- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Struggle
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Field Call
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Complaint Call
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Intro and Kneebone Band
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Brother Terrapin, Slow Train to Arkansas
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Jack and Mary and Three Dogs
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Buck Dance
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'm Goin up North
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- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I Wonder Where My Brother Gone
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- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Frederick Douglass: Singing Slaves
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Steal Away to Jesus
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Sarah Parker Remond: Why Slavery Is Still Rampant
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Free at Last
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Paul Laurence Dunbar: When Malindy Sings
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen There's a Great Camp Meeting
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- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Ida B Wells-Barnett: Lynching, Our National Crime
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen A Recorded Autobiography
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen James Weldon Johnson: Listen Lord, a Prayer
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen My Heart Is Fixed
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Titanic
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Born: 1922-10-27
Died: 2014-06-11
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Tal Vez Despues
Ver mi foto en la pared te vuelve loco también, aja, aja
Que si buscando mi teléfono no logras descansar, aja, aja
Y Esta vez no seré tu princesa de sal
Que al llorar cubra el mar de soledad
Duele ser
La que te busca por teléfono
Duele ser
La que navega en busca del amor
Y duele ver
Que las miradas van callendo y se hace tarde
Y no sé
Tal vez después
Me vuelvas a ver
Tal vez después...
Que es por mi forma de mirar
que me seguiste hasta el final, aja, aja
y que por darme la razón
un día escuchaste al corazón, aja, aja
Y Esta vez no seré tu princesa de sal
Que al llorar cubra el mar de soledad
Duele ser
La que te busca por teléfono
Duele ser
La que navega en busca del amor
Y duele ver
Que las miradas van callendo y se hace tarde
Y no sé
Tal vez después
Me vuelvas a ver
No pretendas que no es fácil
No es así
No existen fallas cuando no hay amor (No hay amor)
Nunca hayaste la solucion
No intentes volver
No quiero saber...
Duele ser
Tal vez después
Duele ser
La que te busca por teléfono
Duele ser
La que navega en busca del amor
Y duele ver
Que las miradas van callendo y se hace tarde
Y no sé
Tal vez después
Me vuelvas a ver
Duele ser
La que te busca por teléfono
Duele ser
La que navega en busca del amor
Y duele ver
Que las miradas van callendo y se hace tarde
Y no sé
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Most Americans and politicians think about politics in terms of red states and blue states, let alone the voters’ states of mind.1 But another, perhaps more important state exists, one that is not only coercive and dictatorial but extremely corrupt ... Bernie Sanders, and the Republican’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump ... Without these delegates, Sanders would actually be in the lead ... 3. ....
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Literature based movies on black history: Book based films on African Americans
Edit The Examiner 16 May 2016
Black History Month isn't the only time to explore African Americans in history. Here are literature based movies on black history to use for studies on African Americans. This list includes literature based movies, companion book titles and black history sources ... Literature based movies are presented in a black history timeline too ... Billy Dee Williams played Scott Joplin ... The 1979 book based film starred Ruby Dee, Diahann Carrol ... "J.T." ... ....
City of New Rochelle Celebrates Arbor Day (City of New Rochelle, NY)
Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
(Source. City of New Rochelle, NY). The City of New Rochelle in conjunction with the New Rochelle Public Library celebrated Arbor Day with a tree planting in Ruby Dee Park at Library Green on Friday, April 29 ... Original documenthttp.//www.newrochelleny.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=933 ... (noodl. 33380070) ....
John Singleton Drama ‘Rebel,’ Gary Owen Reality Series Set at BET
Edit The Wrap 20 Apr 2016
BET has unveiled its 2016-2017 slate and announced new series pickups, including the John Singleton drama “Rebel” and “Gary Owen Family,” a half-hour reality series following the comedian and his interracial family ... Singleton executive produces with Dallas Jackson ... Eric C ... Past celebrants include Ruby Dee, Marian Wright Edelman, Shonda Rhimes, Angela Davis, Rihanna, Kerry Washington, Janelle Monáe, and Taraji P....
BET Networks is Harnessing the Power of More to Deliver More Premium Original Programming and Unforgettable Moments across More Platforms in 2016-2017 Fiscal Year (Viacom Inc)
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(Source. Viacom Inc). April 20, 2016. BET Networks Reimagines and Evolves Its Entire Digital Ecosystem. BET Networks Delivers More African American Viewers Than Any Other Cable Network. BET Networks is the #1 Ad-Supported Multiplatform Destination for African American Viewers ... Roger Mitchell ... Eric C ... Past celebrants include Ruby Dee, Marian Wright Edelman, Shonda Rhimes, Angela Davis, Rihanna, Kerry Washington, Janelle Monáe, and Taraji P....
In Ken Burns' New Documentary, Rachel Robinson Finally Gets Her Due
Edit Huffington Post 08 Apr 2016
There's a wonderful scene in Ken Burns' new documentary, Jackie Robinson, where Barack and Michelle Obama explain the important role that Rachel Robinson played in her husband's success on and off the baseball field ... The First Lady adds. "There's nothing more important than family - than a real partnership ... She was portrayed by Ruby Dee in the 1950 film, The Jackie Robinson Story, and by Nicole Beharie in the 2013 hit movie, 42 ... ....
Spike Lee compared Donald Trump to a notorious serial killer
Edit Business Insider 06 Apr 2016
"I mean, I did a film called 'Summer of Sam'... Lee also compared Bernie Sanders to the mayor character played by Ossie Davis in "Do the Right Thing," and Hillary Clinton to Ruby Dee in "Jungle Fever." ... ....
How A Hashtag Is Elevating The Work Of Black Women Throughout History
Edit Huffington Post 28 Mar 2016
If it does that's too bad because I'm gon do it anyway.— Dahm Daniel! (@kidnoble) March 1, 2016 ... Some of the women featured include the young Ruby Bridges who integrated an all-white school in New Orleans and Mae C ... Today’s #BlackWomensHistoryMonth honoree is Ruby Bridges ... Jemison ... ... On this day in #BlackWomensHistoryMonth I will be honoring Ruby Dee! Yesterday was Eartha Kitt.— Eartha Litt (@MADly_INsane) March 2, 2016....
Poet-activist Sonia Sanchez subject of new documentary
Edit Denver Post 07 Mar 2016
Click photo to enlarge. FILE - In this Dec ... When a team of documentary makers first suggested a movie about her life, Sanchez resisted ... The 90-minute film includes interviews, archival footage and tributes from such artists as Questlove, Mos Def and Ruby Dee ... The 90-minute film includes interviews, archival footage and tributes from such artists as Questlove, Mos Def, Ayana Mathis and two who have since died, Amiri Baraka and Ruby Dee ... ....
The Evolution of the Sports Biography
Edit Huffington Post 01 Mar 2016
Long before their athletic purists were wall to wall in our society, the interest around knowing the origins and the daily routines of our favorite sports heroes was tangible ... In 1950, less than three full seasons after historically breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson co-stared with Ruby Dee in The Jackie Robinson Story ... An unlikely force would change the direction of the sports biography; television ... ....
still "BaddDDD" As Ever
Edit Huffington Post 01 Mar 2016
"Someone asked me, "'Why do you write?' And I said, 'Because I wanted to tell people how I became this woman with razor blades between her teeth.'". Sonia Sanchez ... And as a host of admirers attest--Roots drummer Questlove, the late great actress and activist Ruby Dee and author/colleagues like Amiri Baraka and Haki Madhubuti among them--she also found a particularly powerful and personal way of wielding those words ... No romance ... ....
Red Dresses on the Red Carpet
Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Unbeatable for dramatic effect, red steals the show at many celebrity events as stars wear gowns that go with the red carpet ... At far left above, petite Helen Mirren struck a pose in her ruby-red satin gown with white lace sleeves from Georges Chakra ... Mendel gown at the 2009 Emmys ... Ruby Dee chose a red satin Kevan Hall gown featuring a matching satin jacket at the 2008 Academy Awards. ....
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Edit PR Newswire 18 Feb 2016
NEW YORK, Feb ... The Women of Power Summit is the nation's No ... Past Legacy Award recipients include luminaries such as the late National Council of Negro Women Chair and civil rights icon Dorothy Height; the late award-winning film and stage actress Ruby Dee; and former FedEx Express Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Cathy Ross ... Law; Cross Creek; The Piano Lesson; Down in the Delta; Star Trek ... 1 in June of 2009 ... N ... ....
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