| Ruby Dee  AKA Ruby Ann Wallace
Born: 27-Oct-1924
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH
Died: 12-Jun-2014
Location of death: New Rochelle, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated (ashes commingled with those of Ossie Davis)
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Jackie Robinson Story Father: Edward Nathaniel Wallace
Mother: Gladys Hightower (birth mother)
Brother: Edward
Husband: Frankie Dee Brown (midget, m. 31-Aug-1941, div. 1945)
Husband: Ossie Davis (m. 9-Dec-1948, d. 4-Feb-2005, one son, two daughters)
Son: Guy Davis (blues musician, b. 12-May-1952)
Daughter: Nora Day
Daughter: Hasna Muhammad (doctor)
University: BA, Hunter College (c. 1941)
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1975
Emmy 1991 for Decoration Day
Kennedy Center Honor 2004
National Medal of Arts 1995
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Spingarn Medal 2008
Hillary Clinton for President
NAACP
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
Peace Action 50th Anniversary Honorary Host Committee (2007)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Honorary
Risk Factors: Breast Cancer
TELEVISION
Little Bill Alice the Great (1999)
Street Gear Mosley Davis (1994-95)
Peyton Place Alma Miles (1968-69)
The Guiding Light Martha Frazier (1967)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
A Thousand Words (9-Mar-2012) · Annie McCall
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song (Jan-2011) · Herself
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (Apr-2009)
America (28-Feb-2009)
American Gangster (19-Oct-2007)
No. 2 (20-Jan-2006)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (6-Mar-2005)
Taking Back Our Town (10-Dec-2001)
Feast of All Saints (11-Nov-2001)
Finding Buck McHenry (16-Apr-2000) · Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer (18-Jan-2000)
Baby Geniuses (12-Mar-1999) · Margo
The Wall (24-May-1998)
A Simple Wish (11-Jul-1997) · Hortense
Mr. & Mrs. Loving (31-Mar-1996)
Just Cause (17-Feb-1995) · Evangeline
The Stand (8-May-1994)
Cop & 1/2 (2-Apr-1993) · Rachel
The Ernest Green Story (17-Jan-1993)
Jungle Fever (5-Jun-1991) · Lucinda Purify
Decoration Day (2-Dec-1990)
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (15-Oct-1990)
Love at Large (9-Mar-1990) · Corrine Dart
Do the Right Thing (14-Jan-1989) · Mother Sister
Lincoln (27-Mar-1988)
Windmills of the Gods (7-Feb-1988)
The Atlanta Child Murders (10-Feb-1985)
Cat People (2-Apr-1982) · Female
All God's Children (28-Apr-1980)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (28-Apr-1979)
Roots: The Next Generations (18-Feb-1979)
Countdown at Kusini (16-Apr-1976)
It's Good to Be Alive (22-Feb-1974)
Black Girl (9-Nov-1972) · Netta's mother
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972) · Ruth
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (24-Mar-1970) · Herself
Up Tight! (28-Dec-1968)
The Incident (5-Nov-1967)
Gone Are the Days! (9-Aug-1963) · Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony (21-Mar-1963) · Thief
A Raisin in the Sun (29-May-1961) · Ruth
Take a Giant Step (1-Dec-1959)
St. Louis Blues (7-Apr-1958)
Virgin Island (1958)
Edge of the City (29-Jan-1957) · Lucy Tyler
Go, Man, Go! (27-Jan-1954)
The Tall Target (17-Aug-1951) · Rachel
The Jackie Robinson Story (16-May-1950) · Rae Robinson
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