Ruby Dee

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Born: 10/27/1924

Biography: African-American stage, film, and TV luminary Ruby Dee was born in Cleveland, the daughter of a Pullman-porter father and schoolteacher mother. While growing up in Harlem, Dee developed an interest in the theater. In 1941, she began studying under Morris Carnovsky at the Ame …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

America [Movie] as Mrs. Harper

2009

Steam [Movie] as Doris

2008

American Gangster [Movie] as Mama Lucas

2007

All About Us [Movie] as Ms. Ella

2007

Naming Number Two [Movie] as Nanna Maria

2006

Dream Street [Movie]

2006

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Up Tight! [Movie]

1968

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Review: Still, Always, 'Do the Right Thing"

06/30/09 "Do the Right Thing" remains the most honest, funny and brave film about racism in the history of American cinema. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Celebrity Photos: Mariah Carey on ?Obsessed? music video set; The adopted twins of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick; Spike Lee, Miley Cyrus and more

06/30/09 Singer Mariah Carey (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) is on set during filming for her new music video "Obsessed" at The Plaza Hotel Monday in New York City. The public gets its first look at the twin daughters adopted by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband actor Matthew Broderick. | The Concert Blog
Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson Remember Michael Jackson

06/30/09 Right Thing" gathered to celebrate the seminal film's 20th anniversary . | VH1
DVD reviews: Joaquin Phoenix's performance in 'Two Lovers' has great depth

06/30/09 Above all else, "Two Lovers" will be known as the last film for the talented Joaquin Phoenix before he gave up acting and went off the deep end, as evidenced by his bizarre behavior during his February appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman." | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Blu-ray Review: Do the Right Thing ? 20th Anniversary Edition

06/29/09 Visceral, challenging, immediate, and uncomfortable, Do the Right Thing hasn't lost any of its bite over the last 20 years. | Blogcritics.org Video
Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' turns 20

06/27/09 Spike and I were sitting together on a plane to Los Angeles and he was writing a script on a legal pad. | Journal News - White Plains NY
Streep Turns 60 With Princeton Degree

06/21/09 Meryl Streep has landed a very special 60th birthday gift - an honorary degree from America's Princeton University. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Jim Beal Jr.: 'Hayride' hostess celebrates anniversary; Sam's turns 10

06/10/09 The next few days are packed with music-powered special occasions and stage-stretching multiband bills. | mySA - San Antonio TX
Apollo Theater Celebrates 75th Anniversary With Prince, Patti LaBelle

06/09/09 New York's legendary Apollo Theater celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday night with a concert fundraiser at the famed venue. | Spinner
'Apollo Ambassador' Billy Mitchell Shares Memories for Theater's 75th Anniversary

05/27/09 Billy Mitchell started working at the Apollo Theater as a teenager, running errands for the famous entertainers who headlined this historic Harlem stage. | Spinner
Documentary focuses on the music of Civil Rights

05/27/09 New Jersey Network will broadcast Freedom Songs?The Music of the Civil Rights Movement, a powerful new documentary that explores how music helped sustain the most important movement in the 20 th century and was in turn inspired by its struggle for equality and human rights. | Soundboard
King siblings oppose film deal struck by brother

05/19/09 DreamWorks plans the first big-screen portrayal of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, the studio announced Tuesday, but two of King's children immediately threatened legal action because the film deal was brokered without their blessing. | The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
Apollo Theater Turns 75 With Gala Concert, Ceremony

05/13/09 The Apollo Theater will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a benefit tribute concert and an awards ceremony, among other festivities, on Monday, June 8h beginning at 6:30 p.m., to be held at the historic venue. | Billboard
Seeger at 90: ?Call me a river singer?

05/02/09 Pete Seeger, the folk singer/songwriter, says he wouldn't be celebrating his 90th birthday tonight at a sold-out benefit concert at Madison Square Garden if it weren't for the fact that "wooden boats don't last forever." | Journal News - White Plains NY
Sinclair season all over the map

05/01/09 Sinclair Community College's 2009-10 theater season will stretch students and audiences three ways. | Dayton Daily News - Dayton OH

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2007
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild
Best Supporting Actress
American Gangster

2007
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Supporting Actress
American Gangster

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