For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren't contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. The African-American actress, who earned lead roles in movies and on Broadway, also ...

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Legendary actress, poet and playwright Ruby Dee passed away in her New Rochelle, New York home yesterday. She was 91. According to the New York Daily News, Dee was surrounded by family when she ...

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Ruby Dee wasn’t kidding when she laid into Denzel Washington in her final scene in “American Gangster.” “That was a real slap!” she recalls. And even though much thought went into it, the slap that ...

In the wake of news that Ruby Dee died Wednesday from age-related causes, Hollywood and the White House are mourning the actress whose career in film and theater spanned five decades. “Through her ...

Legendary actress, activist and writer Ruby Dee passed away Wednesday at the age of 91. Her career spanned nearly seven decades and made a significant impact, especially in black film and theater. And ...

When Ruby Dee got the call from her agent about a role in “American Gangster,” it jarred her memory. She lived in Harlem during the 1960s, a period when legendary mob boss Bumpy Johnson ruled the ...