Biography
Ruby Dee was an American actress. She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005. She received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Obie Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. She was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2000, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
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Awards & recognition
- Spingarn Medal · 2008
- Humanitarian of the Year · 2007
- Marian Anderson Award · 2005
- Crystal Award · 1991
- honorary degree from Spelman College · 1991
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1991
- Ohio Women's Hall of Fame · 1986
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1975
- Paul Robeson Award · 1975
- Audie Award — Best Female Narrator
- Kennedy Center Honors
- NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
- National Medal of Arts
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2008 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Reading Rainbow
Do the Right Thing
A Raisin in the Sun
St. Louis Blues
American Gangster
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Golden Girls
Iconoclasts
China Beach
Lincoln
Roots: The Next Generations
The Fugitive
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
It's Good to Be Alive
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Betty and Coretta
Touched by an Angel
Edge of the City
Finding Buck McHenry
Decoration Day
Spenser: For Hire
No Way Out
The Wall
The Stand
Black Girl
Uptight
The Dick Cavett Show
The Way Back Home
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
American Experience
Jungle Fever
Police Woman
Just Cause
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Buck and the Preacher
The Jackie Robinson Story
Video Girl
A Thousand Words
Great Performances
Passing Glory
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Cat People
A Simple Wish
Go Man Go
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
The Balcony
Take a Giant Step
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story