#ruby dee

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Nat King Cole and Ruby Dee during filming of ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958). Director: Allen Reisner

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Propaganda

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

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

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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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View of Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis and their children, Guy Davis and Nora Davis. Typed on back: "Ruby Dee and her family. Guy Davis, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee Davis, Nora Davis. Photographed in the Music and Drama Department of the Detroit Public Library, August 1966 by Lester Sloan. This is a proof (not a finished print)."

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

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do the right thing (1989)

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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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Eartha Kitt in St. Louis Blues (1958)

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Lily’s Movie Challenge (12/370): Do The Right Thing (1989)

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Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

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

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Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 3 - Second Chances

Row 1: Vyjayanthimala | Lucille Ball | Jane Russell Row 2: Bette Midler | Virginia O'Brien | Ruby Dee Row 3: Miss Piggy | Helen | Betty Garrett

This is Round 3 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround3, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in “Anna Lucasta” c. 1946. by Everett. They married in 1948 and remained together for 57 years.

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Propaganda

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.

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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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:

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Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 4

Maude Fealy: Alice Faulkner in Sherlock Holmes (1901 West End); Anner Tillotson in Hearts Courageous (1903 Broadway); Ophelia in Hamlet (1905 Denver)

Ruby Dee: Libby George in Jeb (1946 Broadway); Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959 Broadway); Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins in Purlie Victorious (1961 Broadway); Cordelia in King Lear (1965 American Shakespeare)

Propaganda under the cut.

Maude Fealy:

there’s no way no one else has submitted her but i can’t risk this absolute goddess not getting through

Ruby Dee:

Beautiful and talented! She's in the American Theater Hall of Fame for a reason! And that doesn't even speak to her work as a civil rights activist and a woman who didn't back down easily.