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 -- 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. Nora Davis Day ...