Ruby Ann Wallace was a shy young girl when she read aloud from a play in school one day and something unexpected happened: Her classmates burst into applause. It’s how she got the idea to go into ...

For more than a half century, audiences have been mesmerized by the love story between Hollywood legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. After a highly successful Kickstarter campaign and the race against ...

It happened this week . . . the passing of a star whose leading roles weren't just confined to stage and screen. Actress Ruby Dee died Wednesday at her home outside New York. She achieved her breakout ...

The actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee died Wednesday at her New York home at the age of 91. She starred on Broadway. She acted in films. She emceed the March on Washington in 1963. But in the ...

Ruby Dee packed a lot of power in a tiny package. Barely topping 5 feet, 2 inches, she nevertheless loomed large. Still, there was a softness alongside the steel, a smile gracing her face more often ...

Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose career spanned from the stage to the screen, has died at the age of 91. Ruby Dee, an Oscar-nominated actress whose career spanned from the stage to the ...

In remembrance of the life of actress and activist Ruby Dee, Tell Me More presents an encore broadcast of Michel Martin's 2007 interview with the legendary actress and activist. And now we'd like to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muta'Ali Muhammad's documentary is a loving tribute to his grandparents, famed actors and social activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. By THR Staff Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee Still - H 2015 ...

The following article was featured in the March 2008 issue of ESSENCE. When I saw Ruby Dee in A Raisin in the Sun in high school, I remember thinking, Who’s that pretty lady? She’s an amazing actress.