# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ossie-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:38.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ossie-davis"
name: "Ossie Davis"
slug: "ossie-davis"
description: "Ossie Davis 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."
tagline: "American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist (1917-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ossie_Davis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-12-18"
deathDate: "2005-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.340854086970099
  historical:           24.245908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001115/"
    handle:    "nm0001115"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump