Ruby Dee

Movie Actress

Birthday October 27, 1922

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Cleveland, OH

DEATH DATE Jun 12, 2014 (91)

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About

Successful actress who often acted with husband Ossie Davis. She starred in A Raisin in the Sun in 1961.

Before Fame

She graduated from Hunter College with degrees in French and Spanish.

Trivia

She was born in 1922. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in American Gangster.

Family Life

She was married to singer Frankie Dee Brown from 1941 until 1945. She married Ossie Davis in 1946. They remained married until his death in 2005.

Associated With

She starred alongside Denzel Washington in the film American Gangster.