Ruby Dee, an actress and civil- has died. She was 91.
She passed away yesterday at her home in New Rochelle, New York, which was reported by her daughter.
In 1965, she became the first black woman to play leading roles at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, performing as Kate in “The Taming of the Shrew” and Cordelia in “King Lear.”
She was the wife of the late Ossie Davis
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