What is Ruby Dee?
{{Infobox person | image = Ruby Dee - 1972.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Ruby Dee in 1972 | birth_name = Ruby Ann Wallace | birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|10|27|mf=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|06|11|1922|10|27}} | death_place = [[New Rochelle, New York]], U.S. | occupation = Actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, activist | yearsactive = 1940–2014 | spouse = Frankie Dee Brown (m. approx 1941–1945; [[divorce]]d)<br>[[Ossie Davis]]<br>(m. 1948–2005; his death)}} '''Ruby Dee''' (née '''Wallace'''; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]], screenwriter and playwright. She acted in many [[television series]] and [[movie]]s. She won many awards, including [[Grammy Award]]s and [[Emmy Award]]s. She starred in ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', ''Jungle Fever'' ''[[No. 2 (movie)|No. 2]]'' and in ''[[American Gangster (movie)|American Gangster]]''. She also did many stage plays. She was married to activist and actor [[Ossie Davis]]. Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in [[New Rochelle, New York]], from [[natural causes]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NEUMAIER|first1=Joe|title=Ruby Dee dead at 91|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040|accessdate=June 12, 2014|agency=New York Daily News|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{imdb|2039}} {{us-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dee, Ruby}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Cleveland]] [[Category:African-American actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Emmy Award winning actors]] [[Category:American Grammy Award winners]]