Ruby Dee
American actress and civil rights figure with a career spanning eight decades.
- born
- October 27, 1922, Cleveland, Ohio
- field
- Actress
- nationality
- American
- known_for
- Originating the role of Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun; Academy Award nomination for American Gangster; Emmy Award for Decoration Day
Did You Know?
- Ruby Dee was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
- She originated the role of Ruth Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959.
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