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Ruby Dee

Birth Name:

Ruby Ann Wallace

Birth Place:

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actor, author, activist

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American Masters

America ReFramed

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Fri, Jun 12, 2015

Pioneering Actress and Activist Ruby Dee Dies at 91

Actress Ruby Dee, best known for her roles in A Raisin in the Sun and Do the Right Thing, has died, her daughter Nora Davis Day confirmed to the The Associated Press. She was 91.

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

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Ruby Dee

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American Masters

America ReFramed

Theater Talk

Latest News See All

Internet Evidently Unaware Rue McClanahan Has Been Dead for 5 Years

Pioneering Actress and Activist Ruby Dee Dies at 91

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