THE LEGACY OF NEW YORK EPISODE 84: RUBY DEE
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Dee was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005.[2]
For her performance as Mama Lucas in American Gangster (2007), Dee was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Dee was a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winner. She was also a National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award recipient.
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