Caption: Lobby card from the Lorraine Hansberry drama 'A Raisin in the Sun' (Columbia Pictures), directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, and Roy Glenn, Chicago, Illinois, 1961.
Actress, Soundtrack, Writer
Born: October 27, 1922
Star sign: Scorpio
Height: 5' 2¼" (1.58 m)
Known for: American Gangster (2007), Do the Right Thing (1989), Guiding Light (1952), Jungle Fever (1991)
Source: IMDB
Ruby Dee was born on October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA as Ruby Ann Wallace. She was an actress, known for American Gangster (2007), Do the Right Thing (1989) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to Ossie Davis and Frankie Dee Brown. She died on June 11, 2014 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.