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    Biography

    Birthday: October 27, 2024

    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 American Negro Theatre. While attending Hunter College, she made her first professional stage appearance in ...more
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    Awards

    • 2007
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • American Gangster
    • nom
    • 2000
    • Screen Actors Guild
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • win
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