#ruby dee

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Spike Lee's 𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 1989

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“They are one of the most revered couples of the American stage, two of the most prolific and fearless artists in American culture.” - The Kennedy Center

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, married almost 57 years.

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husband & wife Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (civil rights activists, actors, and filmmakers) in a 1970 photo by Joseph Tritsch

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Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun, The Jackie Robinson, Story Edge of the City)— A cute and petite bombshell. She displayed emotions like a sunbeam through a window. She was easy to like and easy to fall in love with.

Leslie Caron (The Glass Slipper, Gigi, An American in Paris)—she went from starving during wwII to dancing with legends like gene kelly and fred astaire. some studio guy said she looked like a frog (RUDE), personally I think she's got ~gamine charm~

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Ruby Dee:

Leslie Caron:

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Happy heavenly birthday to film pioneer and civil rights activist Ruby Dee. 🤍🕊️

Ms. Ruby is best known for her role in the 1961 film “A Raisin in the Sun,” and for being a fierce advocate for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement. She also served as an emcee during the 1963 March on Washington.

Today, we honor Ruby Dee for helping reshape Black actors’ experience in the entertainment industry and using her platform to fight for civil rights. 🙌🏽

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN  (1961) dir. DANIEL PETRIE

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Ruby Dee, October 27, 1924 - June 11, 2014.

With Ossie Davis in a 1961 stage production of his Purlie Victorious.

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Ruby Dee and Claudia McNeil in ‘A Rasin in the Sun’

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Today In History

Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, GA, on this date December 18, 1917. The highly successful writer, director, actor, and producer established a phenomenal career, remaining throughout a strong voice for artists’ rights, human dignity, and social justice.

Mr. Davis made his Broadway debut in 1946 in Jeb, where he met his wife and fellow actress, Ruby Dee. He went on to perform in many Broadway productions, including Anna Lucasta, The Wisteria Trees, Green Pastures, Jamaica, Ballad for Bimshire, A Raisin in the Sun, The Zulu and the Zayda, and the stage version of I’m Not Rappaport. In 1961, he wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Purlie Victorious.

Ossie Davis was a leading activist in the civil rights era of the 1960s. He joined Martin Luther King, Jr., in the crusade for jobs and freedom and to help raise money for the Freedom Riders. He eulogized both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X at their funerals and remained an activist throughout his life.

He received innumerable honors including the Hall of Fame Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in 1989; the U.S. National Medal for the Arts in 1995; the New York Urban League Frederick Douglas Award; NAACP Image Award; and the Screen Actor’s Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Ossie Davis enjoyed a long and luminous career in entertainment along with his wife and fellow performer, stage and screen collaborator, and political activist, Ruby Dee.

CARTER™ Magazine

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Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

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Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," the first Broadway play written by a Black woman, premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 11, 1959. Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, and Diana Sands starred.

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Eartha Kitt in St. Louis Blues (1958)

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Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

Singer, activist, actor, and our beloved “King of Calypso”. 

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Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)—iconic actress with purple eyes and a double row of eyelashes, the real ebony dementia ravenway of old hollywood. known for her stunning tastes when it comes to jewelry and her incredible, incredible advocacy during the AIDS crisis.

Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun, The Jackie Robinson, Story Edge of the City)— A cute and petite bombshell. She displayed emotions like a sunbeam through a window. She was easy to like and easy to fall in love with.

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Elizabeth Taylor:

I've been trying to steer clear of the absurdly-big names, but damnit, those violet eyes got me. The *talent*, the *presence*, the string of marriages and (temporally out-of-bounds) work in combating AIDS and pioneering in the concept of the celebrity fragrance line.

Not only did she have gorgeous violet eyes and lashes for days and one of the hottest voices ever, she was also a big supporter of the gay community

Child actress turned starlet, Liz dominated films as one of the greatest screen legends of classic hollywood. If your protagonist has violet eyes, they're imitating hers.

A Legend. She was serving milf rage in Whos Afraid Of Virginia Woolf. A Star in every sense of the word.

She was renowned for the beauty of her eyes; they were a dark blue but could look violet in certain lighting, something that photographers would actually touch up to look even more so in pictures. But even more striking was a genetic mutation that gave her a double row of eyelashes. She was also famed for her string of husbands -- 8 marriages to 7 men. Two-time hubby Richard Burton once said she was “a wildly exciting love-mistress… beautiful beyond the dreams of pornography.”

Her EYES. Early and loud support for gay rights and AIDS victims. Married a bunch of hot dudes, Burton twice!

just look at her. she's gorgeous. there's a video somewhere of her applying her eyeliner in the mirror and I think about it all the time

THE Hollywood actress of all time. Not only was she known for her long dark locks and blue-violet eyes, she also had one of the wildest life stories ever….. She’s Carrie Fisher’s stepmother because her father Eddie Fisher cheated on Debbie Reynolds with Liz. She was knighted as a dame of England. She was married to seven different men, one of them twice. She was also very kindhearted and did a lot of charity activism.

Asides from being an iconic actor, she did a lot of philanthropy and co founded the American Foundation for AIDS research. She’s sometimes considered one of the last great stars of old hollywood

Ruby Dee: