On television, she was a leading cast member on the soap operas such in the 1950s and '60s, a rare sight for a black actress in the 1950s and 60s. As she aged, her career did not ebb. Dee was the ...

When I saw Ruby Dee in A Raisin in the Sun in high school, I remember thinking, Who’s that pretty lady? She’s an amazing actress. But it was in Jungle Fever that she captured me. Her character ...

Actress Ruby Dee with ... Washington's title character in Ridley Scott's crime drama "American Gangster." Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland to parents who soon split, Dee moved to Harlem as ...

Ruby Dee, the Oscar-nominated actress whose career in film and theater spanned five decades, died Wednesday, her agent, Michael Livingston, confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 91.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter.

NEW YORK -- Legendary actress Ruby Dee has ... Washington's character in Ridley Scott's crime drama "American Gangster." Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Dee was an infant when her family ...

New York - Her long career brought her an Oscar nomination at age 83 for best supporting actress for ... character in Ridley Scott's crime drama American Gangster. Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined. The African-American actress who earned lead roles in movies and ...

Ruby Dee was not able to make the 80th gala celebration of the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem on Tuesday night. But the actress, who had played such a pivotal role in supporting the culturally ...