Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actor and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio, television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter. Nora Davis Day told the Associated Press on Thursday that her mother died at home in New Rochelle, New York, on Wednesday night. Dee, who frequently acted alongside her husband of 56 years, Ossie Davis, was surrounded by family and friends, she added. Dee's long career brought her an Oscar nomination at age 83 for best supporting actress for her role in the 2007 film American Gangster. She also won an Emmy and was nominated for several others.
- 6/12/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Ruby Dee, the Oscar-nominated actress whose career in film and theater spanned five decades, died Wednesday, her agent, Michael Livingston, confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 91. Dee passed away peacefully at her New Rochelle, N.Y., home from age-related causes, Livingston said. Photos: Hollyood's Notable Deaths of 2014 Dee won an Obie Award in 1971 for her portrayal of Lena in Athol Fugard's Boseman and Lena (1970) and a Drama Desk Award for Wedding Band (1974). She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Ridley Scott's 2007 drama American Gangster. She had
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- 6/12/2014
- by Duane Byrge, Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research formerly known as the Du Bois Institute, in conjunction with Hilton Als of The New Yorker, will present a staged reading of Alice Childress's Wedding Band A Love-Hate Story in Black and White, co-directed by Hilton Als and A.R.T. Artistic Associate Shira Milikowsky. It takes place at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, starting at 730pm, and will be followed by a post-reading discussion.
- 11/19/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research formerly known as the Du Bois Institute, in conjunction with Hilton Als of The New Yorker, will present a staged reading of Alice Childress's Wedding Band A Love-Hate Story in Black and White, co-directed by Hilton Als and A.R.T. Artistic Associate Shira Milikowsky. It takes place at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, starting at 730pm, and will be followed by a post-reading discussion.
- 11/1/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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