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Ruby Dee

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Ruby Ann Wallace

BIRTHDAY

October 22, 1922

BORN ON DAY

Sunday

BIRTHPLACE

Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

DIED AT AGE

91 Years 7 Months 20 Days

DEATHDATE

June 11, 2014

DEATHPLACE

New Rochelle, New York, United States of America

CAUSE OF DEATH

Natural Causes

NATIONALITY

American

PROFESSION

Movies (Actress)

ZODIAC

LIBRA

ALSO NOTED FOR

Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, Civil Rights Activist

FEATURES

Dark rown eyes and black hair

Physical Stats

WAIST

N/A

Hip

N/A

DRESS SIZE

N/A

HEIGHT

5'8''(feet & inches)

1.7272 meters

172.72 cm

WEIGHT

N/A

Ruby Dee Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Gladys Hightower

FATHER

Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace

Ruby Dee Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Frankie Dee Brown (1941-1945)

SPOUSE

Ossie Davis (1948-2005)

Fame & Address

SIGNATURE

DEBUT

That Man of Mine (Film 1946)

FAMOUS FROM/AS

A Raisin in the Sun (Film 1961)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Hunter College High School

COLLEGE

Hunter College

QUALIFICATION

Graduate

NET WORTH

$5 Million

More Information

Career of Ruby Dee

She started her career with Broadway. Her first screen appearance was in "That Man of Mine". She performed wonderfully at the American Shakespeare Festival. Her last appearance in a theatrically released film was in the comedy "A Thousand Words".

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ruby Dee

Did Ruby Dee takes alcohol? NA.
Was Ruby Dee in the habit of Smoking? NA.
Dee was the second oldest actress to be nominated at the age of 83 for the Academy Award in 2008.
Her talent does not come under the boundary of acting as she was also a poetess and was also trained in piano and violin in her childhood.
The multitalented actress was also good at studies and earned degrees in French and Spanish.
Dee was the first Black actress to perform lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival. The audience was stunned to see her perform the character of Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" and Cordelia in "King Lear".
Dee was also the first Black actress to work in the soap operas. She broke the old tradition by performing the character of neurosurgeon's wife Alma Miles in "Peyton Place".
Dee was a civil rights activist and also participated in a rally against the Vietnam War. She and her husband were also arrested for protesting shooting an unarmed West African immigrant, Amadou Diallo.
Her fighting spirit does not let cancer to win over her. She survived for five decades after fighting with breast cancer.
List of her talent would not come to an end as she is also an author and written two children's books "Two Ways to Count to Ten" and "Tower to Heaven". She had also written short stories.
She loves children not only her own but also of other people. An incident related to the fact was that she once visited an elementary school in the Bronx, New York where there was a poetry competition.
The third grader who won the competition read her creation in front of the audience, after her performance, Miss Dee came to the child, holding little girl's face in her hands and said she was "Brilliant!".
Miss Dee kissed on the cheek of the girl and she would go on to do great things.
Dee received the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, along with her husband in November 2005.