# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruby-dee
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:49:53.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruby-dee"
name: "Ruby Dee"
slug: "ruby-dee"
description: "Ruby Dee was an American actress. She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005. She received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Obie Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. She was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2000, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004."
tagline: "American actress (1922–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruby_Dee_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1922-10-27"
deathDate: "2014-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump