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Ruby Dee

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Ruby Dee Fast Facts:

As a teenager in Harlem, studied at the America Negro Theater; classmates included Sidney Poitier, with whom she later appeared in both the 1959 Broadway production and 1961 film version of A Raisin in the Sun.
Made her Broadway debut in a 1943 non-musical version of South Pacific.
Met husband Ossie Davis while performing in the Broadway drama Jeb in 1946. It was the first of some 50 performances together.
Earned recognition in the 1950 biopic The Jackie Robinson Story, as Robinson's wife, Rachel; Jackie Robinson played himself.
Was a regular on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light in 1967.
With Davis, wrote a memoir, In This Life Together; has also published volumes of poetry as well as several film and stage scripts.
With Davis, was inducted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame (1989); was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts (1995); and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors (2004).

Ruby Dee Relationships:
Ossie Davis - Husband (deceased)
Guy Davis - Son
Nora Davis Day - Daughter
Hasna Davis Muhammad - Daughter
Frank Dee Brown - Ex-husband
Gladys Hightower - Mother
Edward Nathaniel Wallace - Father
Emma Benson Wallace - Stepmother
Ruby Dee Awards:
1988 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special - Nominee
1991 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Winner
2007 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1964 Emmy: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special - Nominee
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
2006 Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album - Winner
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Life Achievement Award - Winner
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Nominee
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Winner
1993 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
College:
City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY (BA, 1945)