Dee was nominated for the award but did not win. Ruby Dee, an actress and civil rights activist who built a career on stage and screen at a time when African-Americans had few such opportunities ...

Ruby Dee, the Oscar-nominated actress whose career in film and theater spanned five decades, died Wednesday, her agent, Michael Livingston, confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 91.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter.