¿Quién se casó con Ruby Dee?

Ruby Dee (nacida Ruby Ann Wallace, Cleveland, Ohio, 27 de octubre de 1922 - New Rochelle, Nueva York, 11 de junio de 2014) fue una actriz, poeta, dramaturga, guionista, periodista y activista por los derechos civiles estadounidense.

Fue conocida, entre otros trabajos, por el que hizo en 1961 junto a Sidney Poitier en la película Un lunar en el sol, basada en la obra de teatro homónima de 1959 de Lorraine Hansberry (1930 - 1965) y dirigida por Daniel Petrie (1920 - 2004). Sus otros papeles cinematográficos notables incluyen The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Do the Right Thing (1989) y Jungle Fever (1991).

En 2007 trabajó junto a Denzel Washington en American Gangster de Ridley Scott por la que fue nominada en los Premios Oscar en la categoría de Mejor Actriz de Reparto y ganó en dicha categoría en los Premios SAG. También fue candidata en los Premios Emmy en seis ocasiones, lográndolo en 1991 gracias a la película para televisión "Decoration Day".También recibió la Medalla Nacional de las Artes, el Kennedy Center Honor y el Premio a la Trayectoria del Screen Actors Guild.

Dee estaba casada con Ossie Davis, con quien actuó frecuentemente hasta su muerte en 2005.

Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, then Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.

Davis started his career in theatre acting with the Ross McClendon Players in the 1940s. He made his Broadway debut acting in the post-World War II play Jeb (1946). He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for his role in Jamaica (1958). He wrote and starred as the title character in the satirical farce Purlie Victorious (1961) which was adapted into a 1963 film and 1970 musical.

Davis's credits as a film director include Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Black Girl (1972), and Gordon's War (1973). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Scalphunters (1968). Davis also acted in The Hill (1965), A Man Called Adam (1966), Let's Do It Again (1975), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Client (1994), and Dr. Dolittle (1998).

For his portrayal of Martin Luther King Sr. in the miniseries King (1978) he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He was also Emmy-nominated for his roles in Teacher, Teacher (1969), Miss Evers' Boys (1997), and The L Word (2005). He won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album with his wife Ruby Dee for Ossie and Ruby (2005).