Ruby Dee

Quotes

• “I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep”
• “It occurred to me that being what they call 'colored,' being a Negro, was some kind of a disadvantage”
• “I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along”
• “I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist ... anything but a racist”
• “I didn't care about being integrated or accepted”
• “they were just tasting a little teeny bit of what was racism and fascism and the horror of what was happening in the country”

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Key facts

Born

Ruby Ann Wallace , ( 1922-10-27 ) October 27, 1922, Cleveland , Ohio , U.S.

Died

June 11, 2014 (2014-06-11) (aged 91), New Rochelle, New York , U.S.

Resting place

Ferncliff Cemetery

Alma mater

Hunter College (1945)

Occupation

Actress

Years active

1940–2013

Spouses

Frankie Dee Brown ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1945 ) ​ Ossie Davis , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; died 2005 ) ​

Children

3, including Guy Davis

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Wikidata facts

Image

Ruby Dee - 1972.jpg

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