Ruby Dee

Alternative Film Guide (blog)Jack Lemmon, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier on TCMAlternative Film Guide (blog)... John Sturges Western Last Train from Gun Hill, whose most memorable feature is Carolyn Jones as the female lead (actually a supporting role). ...and more »  

Around which actress or actor would you turn into a quivering mass of excited babbling if given the opportunity to talk to hir about hir career and/or anything else?I can think of two right off the top of my head: Meryl Streep and Ruby Dee. One of my favorite episodes of Iconoclasts was the one with Alicia Keys and Ruby Dee. When they're sitting at the piano and Alicia sings for Ruby...OMG. Blub.  

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - As a young girl, Ruby Dee saw pictures of lynchings and African-Americans being burned in early Black newspapers. Dee’s mother took a newspaper away from her because the pictures were too graphic. As she grew throughout the ...