Director Muta'Ali Muhammad said creating the documentary was the perfect excuse to interview and spend time with his widely-admired grandmother. Ruby Dee, the late artist, activist and writer, is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Ruby Dee was a phenomenally rare artist and a jewel to our nation and community. I was privileged to work on several civil rights cases with her and her husband Ossie Davis. She was as committed to ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...