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Ruby Dee
Age
88
Birthday
Oct. 27th, 1924
Born in
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height
158 cm
Ruby Dee's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2007 - All About Us2007 - American Gangster 2006 - No. 2 1999 - Baby Geniuses 1997 - A Simple Wish 1995 - Just Cause 1993 - Cop and ½ 1991 - Jungle Fever 1990 - Love at Large 1989 - Do the Right Thing 1982 - Cat People 1972 - Buck and the Preacher 1961 - A Raisin In The Sun 1957 - Edge of the City 1951 - The Tall Target 1950 - No Way Out 1950 - The Jackie Robinson Story |
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TRIVIA:
- Is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Has three children, Nora, 'Guy Davis (I)' (qv) and Hasna.
- 2004: Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, along with 'Elton John' (qv), 'Joan Sutherland (I)' (qv), 'John Williams (I)' (qv), 'Warren Beatty' (qv) and husband 'Ossie Davis' (qv).
- She is a member of the NAACP, CORE, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Southern Christian Leadership Council.
- Attended Hunter College.
- One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
- 1995: She and husband 'Ossie Davis' (qv) were awarded the American National Medal of the Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.
- In 2008, at the age of 83, she became the second oldest actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. The oldest is 'Gloria Stuart' (qv).
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