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4 good links

  1. Tribute to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

    Dee and others comment on civil rights and democracy

  2. Internet Broadway Database

    Lists dates and casts for her major Broadway appearances

  3. A Freewheeling Conversation

    2001 chat with Dee and Ossie Davis

  4. Ruby Dee

    Brief PBS biography, with a link to an audio interview

Ruby Dee Biography

Name at birth: Ruby Ann Wallace

Ruby Dee has been a star of stage and screen since her 1946 Broadway debut in Anna Lucasta. She has since appeared hundreds of times in plays, movies and television shows, frequently co-starring with her husband, actor Ossie Davis. The pair, married since 1948, are also famous for their off-screen activism and work on behalf of African-Americans in the performing arts. Dee's films include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), A Raisin in the Sun (1961, with Sidney Poitier), Do the Right Thing (1988, directed by Spike Lee) and Baby Geniuses (1999).

Extra credit:

In 2004 Dee and Davis were honored by the Kennedy Center for their contributions to the performing arts in America... In 1998 Dee published a collection of writings, My One Good Nerve... In 2000 she and Davis published their autobiography, With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together.

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