Legendary actress, poet and playwright Ruby Dee passed away in her New Rochelle, New York home yesterday. She was 91. According to the New York Daily News, Dee was surrounded by family when she ...

Legendary stage and screen actress Ruby Dee, who won acclaim in theater, film and television and became a notable figure in the U.S. civil rights movement, died peacefully at home, a friend of the ...

Born Ruby Ann Wallace, she grew up writing poetry in Harlem and went on to become a playwright, activist, journalist and one of the most prominent actresses of her time. She died Wednesday at 91.

Dee died at the same New Rochelle, New York, home she shared with her husband of 56 years, actor Ossie Davis, until his death in 2005. She was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her ...

Ruby Dee was born into a world that had hardly any place for African-American actresses. By the time she died on June 12, at age 91, she was perhaps the American acting world's reigning grande dame.

Cleveland native Ruby Dee, who died Thursday at 91, used her great voice as an actress and an activist. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ...

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Ruby Dee earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role in 2007’s “American Gangster,” but it is ... Her marriage to actor and playwright Ossie Davis was one of Hollywood ...

Playwright and Librettist Bridgette Wimberly Passes Away at 68 . Wimberley is best known for her play Saint Lucy's Eyes, which starred Ruby Dee at the Women's Project Theatre in 2001.

Legendary actress, poet and playwright Ruby Dee passed away in her New Rochelle, New York home yesterday. She was 91. According to the New York Daily News, Dee was surrounded by family when she ...

In 1946, she appeared on Broadway with Davis, who also became a director and playwright, in "Jeb," about a black soldier back from World War Two who confronts the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.