The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ruby Dee.

Other author Dee, Ruby interviewee.
Other author Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- interviewer.
Other author HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2001.024
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Variant title History Makers video oral history with Ruby Dee
Portion of title Ruby Dee
Abstract 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.
Performer Angela Davis, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 October 18.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2001.024 HistoryMakers

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