Ruby Dee Actress activist
Ruby Dee is a 91 years old Actress activist from Cleveland, Ohio. Ruby Dee was born on October 27, 1922 (died on June 11, 2014, she was 91 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio. Her nickname was Wallace Ruby Ann.
About
No, she died on 06/11/2014, 10 years ago. She was 91 years old when she died. Cause of death: disease. She died in New Rochelle
Family
Husband
Ossie Davis, Actor director poet playwright writer and social activist
She married with Ossie Davis (87), on Thursday, December 9th, 1948. Ruby Dee was 26 and Ossie Davis was 30 years old. After 56 years, 1 month, in 2005 Ossie passed away.
Ruby Dee net worth
She had a net worth of 2.5 million dollars.
Works
Ruby Dee Movies (65)
There are 65 movies of Ruby Dee.
Her first feature film was A Thousand Words (2012, as Annie McCall). She was 89 when she starred in this movie. Since 2012, she has appeared in 65 feature films. The last one is In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007). In this movie, she played the character Herself .
View all Ruby Dee movies.
Ruby Dee movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films she starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Annie McCall | A Thousand Words (2012) | 89 |
| Mama Lucas | American Gangster (2007) | 85 |
| Evangeline | Just Cause (1995) | 72 |
| Hortence | A Simple Wish (1997) | 74 |
| Mother Sister | Do the Right Thing (1989) | 66 |
| Female | Cat People (1982) | 59 |
| Lucinda Purify | Jungle Fever (1991) | 68 |
| Ruth Younger | A Raisin in the Sun (1961) | 38 |
| Rachel | Cop and ½ (1993) | 70 |
| Connie Brooks | No Way Out (1950) | 27 |
| Nanny | Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) | 82 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) | 81 | |
| Lucy Tyler | Edge of the City (1957) | 34 |
| Miss Candy | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011) | 88 |
| Joan Robinson | The Incident (1967) | 45 |
| Ruth | Buck and the Preacher (1972) | 49 |
| Valerie | Video Girl (2011) | 88 |
| Narrator | Betty and Coretta (2013) | 90 |
| Corrine Dart | Love at Large (1990) | 67 |
| Rachel, Slave Maid | The Tall Target (1951) | 28 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) | 80 | |
| Mrs. Grimes | Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) | 61 |
| Herself | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003) | 80 |
| Elsie Claviere | Feast of All Saints (2001) | 79 |
| Mrs. Harper | America (2009) | 86 |
| Rae Robinson | The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) | 27 |
| Rowena | Decoration Day (1990) | 68 |
| Herself | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013) | 90 |
| Grandmother | A Storm in Summer (2000) | 77 |
| Christine | Take a Giant Step (1959) | 37 |
| Netta's mother | Black Girl (1972) | 50 |
| Thief | The Balcony (1963) | 40 |
| Mommit Porter | Passing Glory (1999) | 76 |
| Mrs. Lydia Wilson | The Ernest Green Story (1993) | 70 |
| Sophia | Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996) | 73 |
| Ruth | Virgin Island (1959) | 37 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) | 47 | |
| Indigo | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) | 73 |
| Narrator | Color Adjustment (1992) | 69 |
| Doris | Steam (2007) | 85 |
| Writer | Uptight (1968) | 46 |
| Laurie | Uptight (1968) | 46 |
| Herself | Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) | 67 |
| Mrs. Henry | Finding Buck McHenry (2000) | 77 |
| Elizabeth | St. Louis Blues (1958) | 35 |
| Jackie's Mother | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) | 67 |
| Irma Jackson | Go Man Go (1954) | 31 |
| Nanna Maria | No. 2 (2006) | 83 |
| Grandmother Baker | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) | 56 |
| Herself | Discovering William Greaves (2006) | 84 |
| Politics of Love (2011) | 88 | |
| Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999) | 76 |
| Tuesday Morning Ride (1995) | 72 | |
| Lucinda | Deadlock (1969) | 46 |
| Ruth Campanella | It's Good to Be Alive (1974) | 51 |
| Leah Matanzima | Countdown at Kusini (1976) | 53 |
| Irene Whitfield | All God's Children (1980) | 57 |
| Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins | Gone Are the Days! (1963) | 40 |
| Julia Augustine | Wedding Band (1974) | 51 |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Zora is My Name! (1990) | 67 |
| Grandmother | Whitewash (1994) | 71 |
| Narrator | A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998) | 76 |
| Emelda West | Taking Back Our Town (2001) | 79 |
| Interviewee | Theater Talk: A Raisin in the Sun (2002) | 79 |
| Herself | In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007) | 84 |
Ruby Dee TV Shows (18)
Her first TV Show was Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951).
View all Ruby Dee TV shows.
Awards (12)
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award , awarded Ohio Women's Hall of Fame , awarded NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award , awarded National Medal of Arts , awarded Kennedy Center Honors ,
Education
She graduated from Hunter College High School and Hunter College
What was Ruby's zodiac sign?Ruby Dee zodiac sign was scorpio.
Other facts about Ruby Dee
| Alias | Wallace Ruby Ann |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Ossie Davis |
| Family name | Dee. Show people with the surname Dee |
| Work period (end) | 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| On focus list of Wikimedia project | WikiProject African Diaspora |
| Cause of death | Disease |
| Work period (start) | 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Ethnic group | African Americans |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Place of death | New Rochelle |
| Given name | Ruby |
| Date of death | 2014-06-11T00:00:00Z |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
