Ruby Dee Autographs
Ruby Dee (born Ruby Ann Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. Dee was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005. She received numerous accolades, including a 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.
Dee started her career with the American Negro Theatre. She made her Broadway debut in South Pacific (1943). She met her future husband working together on the play Jeb (1946). She originated the Broadway roles of Ruth Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959) and reprised the role in the 1961 film and Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins in the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorious (1961) and reprised the role in the 1963 film.
She made her film debut in That Man of Mine (1946) before landing a leading roles in films such as The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Edge of the City (1957), Take a Giant Step (1959), and Buck and the Preacher (1972). She also acted in the Ossie Davis film Black Girl (1972), and the Spike Lee films Do the Right Thing (1989) and Jungle Fever (1991). For her performance 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.
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Traded items with a signature of Ruby Dee
The most expensive item with a signature of Ruby Dee (AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTOR RUBY DEE SIGNED PHOTO 8X10 BEAUTIFUL original coa) was sold in March 2025 for $174.90 while the cheapest item (My One Good Nerve by Ruby Dee (1998, Hardcover Signed Autographed) found a new owner for $0.94 in February 2023. The month with the most items sold (5) was March 2025 with an average selling price of $24.98 for an autographed item of Ruby Dee. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with $79.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.94 was February 2023. In average, an autographed item from Ruby Dee is worth $17.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ruby Dee were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Autographed 8 X 10 Photo Stage, Film & TV Actress Ruby Dee COA | $34.00 |  |
| Autographed 8 X 10 Photo Stage, Film & TV Actress Ruby Dee COA | $34.00 | |
 | My One Good Nerve by Ruby Dee (1998, Hardcover Signed Autographed | $0.94 | |
| Ruby Dee (d. 2014) signed autograph 2x3.5 cut Actress: American Gangster E119 | $17.00 | |
| Ruby Dee (d. 2014) signed autograph 2x3.5 cut Actress: American Gangster E119 | $17.00 | |
 | Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $19.98 | |
 | Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $24.98 | |
 | Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $24.98 | |
| Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $19.98 | |
| Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $24.98 | |
| Ruby Dee - Actress - 3x5 Card - Signed / Autograph (a) | $24.98 | |
 | Ruby Dee - Actress - 5x7 Photo - Signed / Autograph (b) | $24.98 | |
| Ruby Dee - Actress - 5x7 Photo - Signed / Autograph (b) | $24.98 | |
| Ruby Dee Signed Autographed Auto Index Card - TCCCX | $0.99 | |
| Ruby Dee Signed Autographed Auto Index Card - TCCCX | $0.99 | |
