The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ruby Dee.

Actress and civic rights activist Ruby Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dee was raised during the golden age of Harlem. After high school she attended New York's Hunter College, graduating in 1945. Dee was drawn to the theatre while still a college student. Dee...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Dee, Ruby (Interviewee)
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (Interviewer)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Dee, Ruby > Interviews.
Dee, Ruby.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Stage Actress > Film Actress.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Actress and civic rights activist Ruby Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dee was raised during the golden age of Harlem. After high school she attended New York's Hunter College, graduating in 1945. Dee was drawn to the theatre while still a college student. Dee acted in small Shakespearian productions and landed a role in the play, South Pacific, in 1943. She also began to study with the American Negro Theatre, where she would meet her future husband Ossie Davis. Dee appeared in over fifty movies. In 1950, she played Jackie Robinson's wife in The Jackie Robinson Story and forty years later, she played his mother in the television production, The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson. In 2007, her performance in American Gangster earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Wallace passed away on June 11, 2014 at age 90.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:00:00
Participant or Performer:
Angela Davis, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 October 18.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.