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Ruby Dee
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Born 1922-10-27
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) and American Gangster (2007).
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Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) and American Gangster (2007).
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Iconoclasts
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mary Wilson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Grandma (voice)
Touched by an Angel
as LaBelle Springbelt
The Stand
as Mother Abagail Freemantle
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
China Beach
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