Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress,
poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist.
She is perhaps best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger"
in the stage and film versions of
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her
other notable film roles include
The Jackie Robinson Story

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), and
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing (1989).
For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she
was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and
won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting
Role.
She was a Grammy, Emmy, Obie and
Drama Desk winner. She was also a
National Medal of Arts,
Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honors and Screen Actors Guild
Life Achievement Award recipient.
She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed,
until his death in 2005.[1]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life and activism
4 Death
5 Work
5.1 Filmography
5.2 Television
5.3 Stage
5.4 Discography
6 Awards and nominations
7 Bibliography
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Early life[edit]
Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1922, in Cleveland,
Ohio,[2] the daughter of Gladys (née Hightower) and Marshall Edward
Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter.[3] After her mother left
the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a
schoolteacher.[4][5][6][7]
Dee was raised in Harlem, New York.[8] She attended Hunter College
High School and went on to graduate from
Hunter College

Hunter College with a degree
in Romance languages in 1945.[9] She was a member of Delta Sigma
Theta.[10]
Career[edit]
Dee joined the
American Negro Theater as an apprentice, working with
Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Hilda Simms.[9] She made several
appearances on Broadway. Her first onscreen role was in That Man of
Mine in 1946. She received national recognition for her role in the
1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story.[8] In 1965, Dee performed in lead
roles at the
American Shakespeare Festival

American Shakespeare Festival as Kate in The Taming of
the Shrew and Cordelia in
King

King Lear, becoming the first black actress
to portray a lead role in the festival. Her career in acting crossed
all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the
films A Raisin in the Sun, in which she recreated her stage role as a
suffering housewife in the projects, and Edge of the City. She played
both roles opposite Poitier.[9]
Photo of a scene from the play A Raisin in the Sun. From left: Dee,
(Ruth Younger); Claudia McNeil, (Lena Younger); Glynn Turman, (Travis
Younger); Sidney Poitier, (Walter Younger) and John Fiedler, (Karl
Lindner).
During the 1960s, Dee appeared in Gone Are the Days and The Incident.
In 1969, Dee appeared in 20 episodes of Peyton Place.[8] She appeared
as Cora Sanders, a Marxist college professor, in the Season 1/Episode
14 of Police Woman, entitled “Target Black" which aired on Friday
night, January 3, 1975. The character of Cora Sanders was obviously,
but loosely, influenced by the real-life Angela Y. Davis. She appeared
in one episode of The Golden Girls' sixth season. She played Queen
Haley in Roots: The Next Generations, a 1979 miniseries.[8]
Dee was nominated for eight
Emmy

Emmy Awards, winning once for her role in
the 1990 TV film Decoration Day.[11] She was nominated for her
television guest appearance in the
China Beach

China Beach episode, "Skylark". Her
husband
Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis (1917–2005) also appeared in the episode. She
appeared in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing, and his 1991
film Jungle Fever.[8]
In 1995, she and Davis were awarded the National Medal of Arts.[12]
They were also recipients of the
Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In
2003, she narrated a series of WPA slave narratives in the HBO film
Unchained Memories.[13] In 2007 the winner of the
Grammy

Grammy Award for
Best Spoken Word Album was shared by Dee and
Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis for With
Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together, and former President Jimmy
Carter.[9][14]
Dee by Carl Van Vechten, September 25, 1962
Dee was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in
2007 for her portrayal of Mama Lucas in American Gangster. She won the
Screen Actors Guild award for the same performance. At 83 years of
age, Dee is currently the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting
Actress, behind
Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart who was 87 when nominated for her role
in Titanic. This was Dee's only Oscar nomination.[15]
On February 12, 2009, Dee joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at
Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside
Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's
200th birthday at the
Riverside Church

Riverside Church in New York City. Under the
direction of Maurice Peress, they performed Earl Robinson's The
Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and
Orchestra, in which Dee was the Narrator.[16]
Dee's last role in a theatrically released film was in the Eddie
Murphy comedy A Thousand Words, in which she portrayed the mother of
Murphy's protagonist. Perhaps, her penultimate film role is in 1982,
which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival[17]
and was released on home video on March 1, 2016.[18] It is unknown
whether her final role will ever be seen, as
King

King Dog was in
production at the time of her death,[19] and no release date has ever
been announced.
Personal life and activism[edit]
Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began
using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in
1945.[9] Three years later she married actor Ossie Davis, whom she met
while costarring in Robert Ardrey's 1946 Broadway play Jeb.[20]
Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed
their political activism and their decision to have an open marriage
(later changing their views).[21][22] Together they had three
children: son, blues musician Guy Davis, and two daughters, Nora Day
and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was a breast cancer survivor of more than
three decades.[23]
Dee speaking in 2006
In 1979, the
Supersisters

Supersisters trading card set was produced and
distributed; one of the cards featured Dee's name and picture.[24]
Dee and Davis were well-known civil rights activists in the Civil
Rights Movement.[25] Dee was a member of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE), the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee,
Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference. In 1963, Dee emceed the March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom.[26] Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, with Davis giving the eulogy at
Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.[27] In 1970, she won the Frederick
Douglass Award from the New York Urban League.[8]
In 1999, Dee and Davis were arrested at 1 Police Plaza, the
headquarters of the New York Police Department, protesting the police
shooting of Amadou Diallo.[28]
In early 2003,
The Nation

The Nation published "Not In My Name", an open
proclamation vowing opposition to the impending US invasion of Iraq.
Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee and
Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis were among the signatories, along with Robert
Altman, Noam Chomsky,
Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon and Howard Zinn, among others.
In November 2005 Dee was awarded – along with her late husband –
the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National
Civil Rights Museum located in Memphis. Dee, a long-time resident of
New Rochelle, New York, was inducted into the New Rochelle Walk of
Fame which honors the most notable residents from throughout the
community's 325-year history. She was also inducted into the
Westchester County Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining
such other honorees as
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton and Nita Lowey.[29] In 2009,
she received an honorary
Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Princeton
University.[14][30]
Death[edit]
Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, from
natural causes at the age of 91.[31] In a statement, Gil Robertson IV
of the
African American Film Critics Association said, "the members of
the
African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at
the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her
seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with
her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts
to champion for Human Rights. Her strength, courage and beauty will be
greatly missed."[8]
“She very peacefully surrendered,” said her daughter Nora Day.
“We hugged her, we kissed her, we gave her our permission to go. She
opened her eyes. She looked at us. She closed her eyes, and she set
sail.” Following her death, the marquee on the
Apollo Theater
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Apollo Theater read
“A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922-2014".[32]
Dee was cremated, and her ashes are held in the same urn as that of
Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".[9] A public
memorial celebration honoring Dee was held on September 20, 2014, at
the
Riverside Church

Riverside Church in Upper Manhattan.[33]
Work[edit]
Filmography[edit]
Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee and
Joel Fluellen
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Joel Fluellen (center) in
The Jackie Robinson Story

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Year
Title
Role
Note
1946
That Man of Mine [8]
1947
The Fight Never Ends [34]
Jane
1948
What a Guy
[34]
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
No Way Out
Connie Brooks
Uncredited
1951
The Tall Target
Rachel
1954
Go, Man, Go!
Irma Jackson
1956
Mrs. Ashlow
Uncredited
1957
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
1958
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
Virgin Island
Ruth
1959
Take a Giant Step
Christine
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
1963
The Balcony
Thief
Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1967
The Incident
Joan Robinson
1968
Up Tight!
Laurie
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Documentary
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
Black Girl
Netta's Mother
1973
Wattstax
1976
Countdown at Kusini [35]
Leah Matanzima
1982
Cat People
Female
1989
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
1990
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
1991
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
1993
Color Adjustment
Narrator
Documentary
Cop and a Half
Rachel
1994
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
1995
Just Cause
Evangeline
1996
Mr. & Mrs. Loving [36]
Sophia
1997
A Simple Wish
Hortense
1998
A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
Documentary[35]
1999
Baby Geniuses[35]
Margo
2003
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Herself
Documentary
2006
No. 2
Nanna Maria
The Way Back Home [35]
Maude
2007
All About Us [35]
Ms. Ella
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
Steam
Doris
2009
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll [35]
Miss Candy
2010
Dream Street
[37]
2011
Video Girl
Valerie
[38]
Politics of Love

Politics of Love [35]
Red & Blue Marbles [35]
Professor Wright
2012
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal
[39]
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
[35]
2013
Betty & Coretta
Narrator
[40]
1982
Rose Brown
Short subjects:
Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama
(1975)[41]
The Torture of Mothers (1980)[34]
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)[42]
The Unfinished Journey (1999) (narrator)[43]
The New Neighbors (2009) (narrator)[44]
Television[edit]
The Bitter Cup (1961)[36]
Seven Times Monday (1962)[36]
The Fugitive (1963)[36]
Of Courtship and Marriage (1964)[36]
Guiding Light

Guiding Light (cast member in 1967)[36]
Peyton Place (cast member from 1968–1969)
Deadlock (1969)[36]
The Sheriff (1971)[36]
It's Good to Be Alive (1974)[36]
Police Woman Season 1 / Episode 14 "Target Black" (1975)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (miniseries)[36]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)[36]
All God's Children (1980)[36]
With Ossie and Ruby! (1980–1982)[36]
Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night (1982)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) (miniseries)
Windmills of the Gods

Windmills of the Gods (1988)[36]
Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988)[36]
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)[36]
Decoration Day (1990)[36]
Golden Girls

Golden Girls (1990)[36]
Jazztime Tale (1991) (voice)[34]
Middle Ages (1992–1993)
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
The Stand (1994) (miniseries)
Whitewash (1994) (voice)[36]
Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)[36]
Captive Heart: The
James Mink Story (1996)
The Wall (1998)[36]
Little Bill (1999 – 2004) (voice)
Passing Glory (1999)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
A Storm in Summer (2000)[36]
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)[36]
The Feast of All Saints (2001) (miniseries)
Taking Back Our Town (2001)[36]
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
Meet Mary Pleasant (2008)
America (2009)
Stage[edit]
On Strivers Row (1940)[45]
Natural Man (1941)[45]
Starlight (1942)[45]
Three's a Family (1943)[45]
South Pacific (1943)[45]
Walk Hard (1944)[45]
Jeb (1946)[45]
Anna Lucasta (1946) (replacement for Hilda Simms)[45]
Arsenic and Old Lace (1946)[45]
John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary (1946)
A Long Way From Home (1948)[45]
The Smile of the World (1949)[45]
The World of
Sholom Aleichem

Sholom Aleichem (1953)[45]
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
Purlie

Purlie Victorious (1961)[45]
King Lear

King Lear (1965)[45]
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew (1965)[45]
The Birds (1966)[45]
Oresteia

Oresteia (1966)[45]
Boesman and Lena (1970)[45]
The Imaginary Invalid

The Imaginary Invalid (1971)[45]
The Wedding Band (1972)[45]
Hamlet

Hamlet (1975)[45]
Bus Stop (1979)
Twin-Bit Gardens (1979)[45]
Zora is My Name! (1983)[45]
Checkmates (1988)[45]
The Glass Menagerie
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The Glass Menagerie (1989)[45]
The Disappearance (1993)[45]
Flying West (1994)[45]
Two Hahs-Hahs and a Homeboy (1995)[45]
My One Good Nerve: A Visit with
Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (1996)[45]
A Last Dance for Sybil (2002)[45]
Saint Lucy's Eyes (2003)[45]
Discography[edit]
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The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam (Folkways Records, 1967)[46]
The Poetry of Langston Hughes (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, no
date, TC 1272)[47]
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (with George Grizzard. Caedmon Records,
1970, TC 1324)
Tough Poems For Tough People (with
Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis and Henry Braun.
Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 1396)
To Make A Poet Black: The best poems of Countee Cullen (with Ossie
Davis. Caedmon Records, 1971, TC 1400
To Be A Slave (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 2066)
The Lost Zoo, (Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1539)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Other Tales with Ossie Davis.
Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1592)
What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 1: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways,
1977)[48]
What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways,
1977)[49]
Every Tone a Testimony (Smithsonian Folkways, 2001)[50]
American Short Stories, Vol 2: Various Artists(eav Lexington, no date,
LE 7703)
American Short Stories, Vol 3: Various Artists (eav Lexington, no
date, LE 7704)
I've got a name, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 662)
At your own risk, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 663)
Conflict, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1969, CSM 816)
Sight lines, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1970, SBN 03-071525-3)
Roses & Revolutions, Various Artist (D.S.T. Telecommunications,
Inc. Production, 1975)
New Dimensions in Music (with John Cullum. CBS Records, 1976, P 13161)
Awards and nominations[edit]
Awards
1961:
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress – A
Raisin in the Sun[51]
1971:
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Boesman and
Lena[52]
1971: Obie Award for Best Performance by an Actress – Boesman and
Lena[20][52]
1973:
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Wedding Band[20]
1988: Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame[53]
1991:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Miniseries

Miniseries or
a Movie – Decoration Day[9]
1991: Women in Film Crystal Award[54]
1995: National Medal of Arts[52]
2000: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award[55]
2003: Women of Vision Award - Women in Film & Video-DC [56]
2007:
Grammy

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album – With Ossie And Ruby:
In This Life Together (tied with Jimmy Carter)[9][57]
2008: African–American Film Critics Best Supporting Actress –
American Gangster[58]
2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in
a Supporting Role – American Gangster[26][59]
2008: The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award[60]
2008: She was awarded the
Spingarn Medal

Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.[61]
Nominations
1964:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a
Leading Role – The Doctors and the Nurses: Express Stop from Lenox
Avenue[36]
1979:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited
Series or a
Special

Special – Roots: The Next Generations[52]
1988:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Miniseries

Miniseries or
a
Special

Special – Lincoln[52]
1990:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series –
China Beach: Skylark[52]
1993:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series –
Evening Shade: They Can't Take That Away from Me[52]
1995:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program –
Whitewash[36]
2001:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program –
Little Bill[62]
2002: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress – Saint Lucy's
Eyes[52]
2003:
Emmy

Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program –
Little Bill[63]
2008:
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – American
Gangster[52]
2008: Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture – American Gangster[59]
2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture –
American Gangster[9]
2009: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress
in a Television Movie or
Miniseries

Miniseries – America[64]
2010: Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie,
Mini-Series or Dramatic Event – America[65]
Bibliography[edit]
Davis, Ossie;
Ruby Dee

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(Audio Cassette)format= requires url= (help). Caedmon.
ISBN 978-0-694-51187-7.
Dee, Ruby (1986). My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons. Third
World Press. ISBN 0-88378-114-X.
Davis, Ossie; Dee, Ruby (1998). With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life
Together. William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-15396-0.
See also[edit]
List of oldest and youngest
Academy Award

Academy Award winners and nominees
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Cooper, Martha KinneyMartha Kinney Cooper
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1979
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1980–1989
1980
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Fast, LouisaLouisa Fast
Fuldheim, DorothyDorothy Fuldheim
Gish, LillianLillian Gish
Greisheimer, EstherEsther Greisheimer
Keller, EdithEdith Keller
Kitchen, TellaTella Kitchen
Krupansky, BlancheBlanche Krupansky
Larlham, HattieHattie Larlham
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Oakley, AnnieAnnie Oakley
Weber, DorisDoris Weber
1981
Bayer, MildredMildred Bayer
Bischoff Lovin, TinaTina Bischoff Lovin
Cornelius, DorothyDorothy Cornelius
Day, DorisDoris Day
Diller, PhyllisPhyllis Diller
Hunkins, EusebiaEusebia Hunkins
Norton, AndreAndre Norton
Untermeyer, Jean StarrJean Starr Untermeyer
Upton, Harriet TaylorHarriet Taylor Upton
Wilson, NancyNancy Wilson
1982
Boyd, A. MargaretA. Margaret Boyd
Eriksson, AnnAnn Eriksson
Foley, BerniceBernice Foley
George, Zelma WatsonZelma Watson George
Izant, Grace GoulderGrace Goulder Izant
Morrison, ToniToni Morrison
Sewell, PhyllisPhyllis Sewell
Spain, JayneJayne Spain
Zelkowitz, HelenHelen Zelkowitz
1983
Anderson, Harriet J.Harriet J. Anderson
Biggs, IoneIone Biggs
Bingham, EulaEula Bingham
Boyle, Mary O.Mary O. Boyle
Heath, MariwynMariwyn Heath
Irwin, JosephineJosephine Irwin
Janis, BarbaraBarbara Janis
Player, MinnieMinnie Player
Steinem, GloriaGloria Steinem
Winning, FredaFreda Winning
Young, Mary E. MillerMary E. Miller Young
1984
Cooper, SallySally Cooper
Harris, Sarah E.Sarah E. Harris
Hauserman, Cindy NobleCindy Noble Hauserman
Kaptur, MarcyMarcy Kaptur
Nussbaum, KarenKaren Nussbaum
Oakar, Mary RoseMary Rose Oakar
Pinkerton, CatherineCatherine Pinkerton
Player, WillaWilla Player
Resnik, JudithJudith Resnik
Santmyer, Helen HoovenHelen Hooven Santmyer
Trimble, MarianMarian Trimble
Wollenberg, JoyceJoyce Wollenberg
1985
Cook, Lois Anna BarrLois Anna Barr Cook
Cotner, MercedesMercedes Cotner
Draz, ZellZell Draz
Easterling, BarbaraBarbara Easterling
Giovanni, NikkiNikki Giovanni
Gonzalez, AuroraAurora Gonzalez
Lazarus, MaryMary Lazarus
Mandel, BarbaraBarbara Mandel
Marcere, NormaNorma Marcere
Mulholland, HelenHelen Mulholland
Schimmoler, LaurettaLauretta Schimmoler
Schott, MargeMarge Schott
Steinbrenner, Mary JenMary Jen Steinbrenner
1986
Andrew, MargaretMargaret Andrew
Barber, KathleenKathleen Barber
Biles, FayFay Biles
Blackwell, ElizabethElizabeth Blackwell
Clarke, MarieMarie Clarke
Crosby, Eva MaeEva Mae Crosby
Dee, RubyRuby Dee
Drennan, CynthiaCynthia Drennan
Glendinning, HookerHooker Glendinning
Herring, LouiseLouise Herring
LeVeque, KatherineKatherine LeVeque
Miller, Ruth RatnerRuth Ratner Miller
Nava, AmeliaAmelia Nava
Pratt, Arline WebbArline Webb Pratt
Przelomski, Anastasia AnnAnastasia Ann Przelomski
Purdy, VirginiaVirginia Purdy
Walker, Selma LoisSelma Lois Walker
Walsh, JuliaJulia Walsh
Wattleton, FayeFaye Wattleton
Withrow, Mary EllenMary Ellen Withrow
1988
Biggins, AnnaAnna Biggins
Clonch, PatriciaPatricia Clonch
Craden, NormaNorma Craden
Graham, Jewel FreemanJewel Freeman Graham
Guisewite, CathyCathy Guisewite
Jackson, Rebecca D.Rebecca D. Jackson
Jenkins, Carol HeissCarol Heiss Jenkins
Kane, CarolCarol Kane
Larsen, BeaBea Larsen
Lev, Alice RafulAlice Raful Lev
Rocker Sogg, LindaLinda Rocker Sogg
Smeal, EleanorEleanor Smeal
Utz, CarolynCarolyn Utz
Ward, Anita SmithAnita Smith Ward
1989
Brown, Jeanette GrasselliJeanette Grasselli Brown
Carnahan, MaxineMaxine Carnahan
Chapman, TracyTracy Chapman
Cowles, Betsy MixBetsy Mix Cowles
Gazelle, AnnAnn Gazelle
Graves, MichelleMichelle Graves
Harshman, FlorenceFlorence Harshman
Hutt, JuneJune Hutt
Jensen, GeraldineGeraldine Jensen
Mahoney, CarolynCarolyn Mahoney
Myers, LindaLinda Myers
Porter, JennieJennie Porter
Poulton, DianeDiane Poulton
Powell, ReneeRenee Powell
Spretnak, CharleneCharlene Spretnak
Ventura, CharleneCharlene Ventura
1990–1999
1990
Gaston, MarilynMarilyn Gaston
Jackson, DorothyDorothy Jackson
Jackson, Luella TalmadgeLuella Talmadge Jackson
Kalven, JanetJanet Kalven
Kanter, RosabethRosabeth Kanter
Kuhn, MaggieMaggie Kuhn
Lamson, JoanJoan Lamson
Lin, MayaMaya Lin
Macko, Anne VarianoAnne Variano Macko
Mott, AliciaAlicia Mott
Sauvageot, LudelLudel Sauvageot
Shur, Fanchon bat-LillianFanchon bat-Lillian Shur
Sutliff, Phebe TemperancePhebe Temperance Sutliff
Williams, GrayceGrayce Williams
1991
Abbott, BereniceBerenice Abbott
Badger, EarladeenEarladeen Badger
Brown, HallieHallie Brown
Davidson, JoAnnJoAnn Davidson
Diaz-Sprague, RaquelRaquel Diaz-Sprague
Dove, RitaRita Dove
Gavin, Mary IgnatiaMary Ignatia Gavin
Harper, SaraSara Harper
Hawk, DonnaDonna Hawk
Holley, JuneJune Holley
Moore, Martha C.Martha C. Moore
Owens, DarleneDarlene Owens
Peterson, Helen H.Helen H. Peterson
Pituch, MarthaMartha Pituch
Pointer, YvonneYvonne Pointer
Ruehlmann, VirginiaVirginia Ruehlmann
Schwarz, JosephineJosephine Schwarz
Timken, SuzanneSuzanne Timken
Bieniek, Nancy VertroneNancy Vertrone Bieniek
Zannoni, Stella MarieStella Marie Zannoni
1992
Beaumont, Mary of the AnnunciationMary of the Annunciation Beaumont
Eaton, AntoinetteAntoinette Eaton
McCullough, RubieRubie McCullough
Oakley, NancyNancy Oakley
Parker, HarrietHarriet Parker
Porter, SusanSusan Porter
Rice, Helen SteinerHelen Steiner Rice
Schille, AliceAlice Schille
Thompson, LouellaLouella Thompson
1993
Benson, MildredMildred Benson
Bingham, AmeliaAmelia Bingham
Coffey, VirginiaVirginia Coffey
Colombi, Viola FamianoViola Famiano Colombi
Gunter, IvyIvy Gunter
Hamilton, VirginiaVirginia Hamilton
Hayes, Lucy WebbLucy Webb Hayes
Hintz, Joy AliceJoy Alice Hintz
Macelwane, GeraldineGeraldine Macelwane
McCormick, Anne O'HareAnne O'Hare McCormick
Olshansky, RenaRena Olshansky
Pincham, EdnaEdna Pincham
Plummer, MaxineMaxine Plummer
Reilly, JeanJean Reilly
Riel, PaulinePauline Riel
1994
Cook, Christine M.Christine M. Cook
Coulton, ClaudiaClaudia Coulton
Craig-Jones, Ellen WalkerEllen Walker Craig-Jones
Ferrall, NanetteNanette Ferrall
Griesse, Jill HarmsJill Harms Griesse
Griffith, GeorgiaGeorgia Griffith
Melton, FlorenceFlorence Melton
Nussdorfer, LucilleLucille Nussdorfer
Reece, JaneJane Reece
Reynolds, Emma AnnEmma Ann Reynolds
Scott, CarolCarol Scott
Spence, PaulaPaula Spence
Tribe, DeannaDeanna Tribe
Wald, LillianLillian Wald
1995
Beckwith, SandraSandra Beckwith
Beveridge, Daeida Hartell WilcoxDaeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge
Blackmon, Patricia AnnPatricia Ann Blackmon
Bowermaster, MaryMary Bowermaster
Brennan, ChristineChristine Brennan
Cauffman, Joy GarrisonJoy Garrison Cauffman
Clark, BunnyBunny Clark
Drake, GraceGrace Drake
Evans, NaomiNaomi Evans
Gage, Frances DanaFrances Dana Gage
Kirkham, JaneJane Kirkham
Lewis, SylviaSylvia Lewis
Longaberger, TamiTami Longaberger
Moon, DonnaDonna Moon
Murphy, GratiaGratia Murphy
Resnick, Alice RobieAlice Robie Resnick
Siebert, MurielMuriel Siebert
1996
Cartwright, CarolCarol Cartwright
Evans, ElizabethElizabeth Evans
Goodall, Rae NatalieRae Natalie Goodall
Hauser, ElizabethElizabeth Hauser
Healy, BernadineBernadine Healy
Kelly, CarolCarol Kelly
Lewis, FannieFannie Lewis
Montgomery, BettyBetty Montgomery
Taft, HopeHope Taft
1997
Ball, CarolCarol Ball
Byers, MarilynMarilyn Byers
Capers, Jean MurrellJean Murrell Capers
Dorsey, MarthaMartha Dorsey
Heidelberg, JoanJoan Heidelberg
Herbert, ClariceClarice Herbert
Lampkin, BeatriceBeatrice Lampkin
Mayer Townsend, JacquelynJacquelyn Mayer Townsend
O'Rourke, AnnAnn O'Rourke
Rothschild, BerylBeryl Rothschild
Shackelford, TheklaThekla Shackelford
1998
Campbell, Marianne BoggsMarianne Boggs Campbell
Garrison, CaroleCarole Garrison
Hollister, NancyNancy Hollister
Jones, Stephanie J.Stephanie J. Jones
Kay, Bettye RuthBettye Ruth Kay
Ross-Lee, BarbaraBarbara Ross-Lee
Mackiewicz, AudreyAudrey Mackiewicz
Palasics, KathyKathy Palasics
Quinn, Margaret DianeMargaret Diane Quinn
Seiberling, HenriettaHenrietta Seiberling
Taylor, Mary EmilyMary Emily Taylor
Varga, VirginiaVirginia Varga
Woods, JacquelineJacqueline Woods
Zimpher, Nancy LuskNancy Lusk Zimpher
1999
Behrensmeyer, MaryJoMaryJo Behrensmeyer
Costilla, AlvinaAlvina Costilla
Deal, SarahSarah Deal
Doren, ElectraElectra Doren
Flowers, DaisyDaisy Flowers
Glenn, AnnieAnnie Glenn
Hamilton, AnnAnn Hamilton
Hoover, CaroleCarole Hoover
Horn, Cheryl HanCheryl Han Horn
Latham, CarolCarol Latham
Linenkugel, NancyNancy Linenkugel
Marsh, Marie BarrettMarie Barrett Marsh
Parham, MarjorieMarjorie Parham
Regula, MaryMary Regula
Rubin, Lee LenoreLee Lenore Rubin
Stowe, Harriet BeecherHarriet Beecher Stowe
Thornton, Jerry SueJerry Sue Thornton
Voinovich, JanetJanet Voinovich
2000–2009
2000
Ashbaugh, PaigePaige Ashbaugh
Collins, Maude CharlesMaude Charles Collins
Dambrot, FayeFaye Dambrot
de Leon, MargaritaMargarita de Leon
Fletcher, Patricia LouisePatricia Louise Fletcher
Harrington, Jean PatriceJean Patrice Harrington
Hoffman, ShirleyShirley Hoffman
Kazel, DorothyDorothy Kazel
Majidzadeh, FarahFarah Majidzadeh
Martin, AdaAda Martin
Porter, LorleLorle Porter
Samaniego, LannaLanna Samaniego
Taylor, YvonneYvonne Taylor
Wong, MargaretMargaret Wong
Zane, BettyBetty Zane
2001
Boreczky, RebeccaRebecca Boreczky
Casement, Frances JenningsFrances Jennings Casement
Davis, Ruth L.Ruth L. Davis
Ford, LucilleLucille Ford
Gray, Susan F.Susan F. Gray
Harrison, KathleenKathleen Harrison
Hughes, Adella PrentissAdella Prentiss Hughes
Jackson, Janet E.Janet E. Jackson
Kamenshek, Dottie KammieDottie Kammie Kamenshek
Levin, MaxineMaxine Levin
Long, IreneIrene Long
MacDonell, MarthaMartha MacDonell
Matesich, Mary AndrewMary Andrew Matesich
Powell, ElizabethElizabeth Powell
Pryce, DeborahDeborah Pryce
Sexton, MariaMaria Sexton
Walters, FarahFarah Walters
Washington, Georgeta BlebeaGeorgeta Blebea Washington
2002
Barker, JudyJudy Barker
Buchholzer, Frances SeiberlingFrances Seiberling Buchholzer
Campbell, Joan BrownJoan Brown Campbell
Frankenberg, NancyNancy Frankenberg
Hart-Deming, ZellZell Hart-Deming
Helsel, ElsieElsie Helsel
Horstman, Katie T.Katie T. Horstman
Hwang, JennieJennie Hwang
Lewis, Cathy MonroeCathy Monroe Lewis
Robertson, Viola StartzmanViola Startzman Robertson
Spielman, StefanieStefanie Spielman
Sullivan, KathrynKathryn Sullivan
2003
Bailey, SheilaSheila Bailey
Blunden, Jeraldyne KilbornJeraldyne Kilborn Blunden
Carter, ShannonShannon Carter
Fleming, LuceilleLuceille Fleming
Gonzalez-Sanabria, OlgaOlga Gonzalez-Sanabria
Janis, ElsieElsie Janis
Lenski, LoisLois Lenski
Mosley-Thompson, EllenEllen Mosley-Thompson
Nelson, CathyCathy Nelson
Scott, Evlyn GrayEvlyn Gray Scott
Williams, YvonneYvonne Williams
2007
Brugler, Rogers MargaretRogers Margaret Brugler
Chatfield, JuliaJulia Chatfield
Hastings, LucilleLucille Hastings
Howard, LillieLillie Howard
Jorgenson, Mary AnnMary Ann Jorgenson
Mahaney, JoyceJoyce Mahaney
Schlotfeldt, RozellaRozella Schlotfeldt
Smith, Katherine MayKatherine May Smith
Wang, FlorenceFlorence Wang
2008
Baunach, DorothyDorothy Baunach
Black, CarrieCarrie Black
Bosca, CaroCaro Bosca
Brown, Yvette McGeeYvette McGee Brown
Crane, LoannLoann Crane
Durgin, JoanJoan Durgin
Gibbs, CarolCarol Gibbs
Johnson, BillieBillie Johnson
Lei, JihJih Lei
Magee, ElizabethElizabeth Magee
Rajadhyaksha, KasturiKasturi Rajadhyaksha
Salamon, JulieJulie Salamon
Wheatly, MicheleMichele Wheatly
2009
Collins, GailGail Collins
Davis, Pamela B.Pamela B. Davis
de Groh, KimKim de Groh
Gray, Beverly J.Beverly J. Gray
Howard, SharonSharon Howard
Kuhre, CarolCarol Kuhre
Manning, VirginiaVirginia Manning
Moss, HelenHelen Moss
Rycus, JudithJudith Rycus
Sandusky, Mary AdelaideMary Adelaide Sandusky
Watson, GlennaGlenna Watson
Williams, BernettBernett Williams
Williamson, CeliaCelia Williamson
2010–2019
2010
Alvarene, OwensOwens Alvarene
Channing, Tenenbaum GayleTenenbaum Gayle Channing
Chapman, Dorothy McAlpin MaguireDorothy McAlpin Maguire Chapman
Fergus, BarbaraBarbara Fergus
Kearns, Merle GraceMerle Grace Kearns
Lee, Rebecca J.Rebecca J. Lee
McClelland, NinaNina McClelland
Moresky, LanaLana Moresky
Otto, Martha PotterMartha Potter Otto
Ruppert, ElizabethElizabeth Ruppert
Singh, RitaRita Singh
2011
Boyce, Cheryl A.Cheryl A. Boyce
Flick, Elizabeth H.Elizabeth H. Flick
Harper, FrancesFrances Harper
Hollis, Brenda J.Brenda J. Hollis
Juhas, Mary C.Mary C. Juhas
Luckner, Kleia R.Kleia R. Luckner
Lyons, Valerie J.Valerie J. Lyons
Noelker, Linda S.Linda S. Noelker
Vonderhaar, CarrieCarrie Vonderhaar
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Grammy

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
1959−1980
Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg – The Best of the
Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg Shows (1959)
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg –
Lincoln Portrait (1960)
Robert Bialek (producer) – FDR Speaks (1961)
Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein – Humor in Music (1962)
Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton – The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton
(1963)
Edward Albee

Edward Albee (playwright) –
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
That Was the Week That Was

That Was the Week That Was – BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy (1965)
Goddard Lieberson

Goddard Lieberson (producer) – John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him
(1966)
Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow –
Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I
The War Years (1967)
Everett Dirksen

Everett Dirksen – Gallant Men (1968)
Rod McKuen

Rod McKuen – Lonesome Cities (1969)
Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter &
Diane Linkletter – We Love You Call Collect
(1970)
Martin Luther
King

King Jr. – Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam (1971)
Les Crane

Les Crane – Desiderata (1972)
Bruce Botnick (producer) – Lenny performed by the original Broadway
cast (1973)
Richard Harris

Richard Harris –
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1974)
Peter Cook

Peter Cook and
Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore – Good Evening (1975)
James Whitmore

James Whitmore –
Give 'em Hell, Harry!

Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1976)
Henry Fonda, Helen Hayes,
James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones and
Orson Welles

Orson Welles - Great
American Documents (1977)
Julie Harris –
The Belle of Amherst

The Belle of Amherst (1978)
Orson Welles

Orson Welles –
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1979)
John Gielgud

John Gielgud – Ages of Man - Readings From
Shakespeare

Shakespeare (1980)
1981−2000
Pat Carroll – Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein,
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (1981)
Orson Welles

Orson Welles –
Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain (1982)
Tom Voegeli (producer) –
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Movie on
Record performed by Various Artists (1983)
William Warfield

William Warfield –
Lincoln Portrait (1984)
Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley – The Words of Gandhi (1985)
Mike Berniker (producer) & the original Broadway cast – Ma
Rainey's Black Bottom (1986)
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chips Moman, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison,
Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins and
Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips – Interviews From the Class of '55
Recording Sessions (1987)
Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor –
Lake Wobegon Days (1988)
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson – Speech by Rev.
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson (1989)
Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner – It's Always Something (1990)
George Burns

George Burns – Gracie: A Love Story (1991)
Ken Burns

Ken Burns – The Civil War (1992)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Robert O'Keefe – What You Can Do to Avoid
AIDS (1993)
Maya Angelou
.jpg/440px-Angelou_at_Clinton_inauguration_(cropped_2).jpg)
Maya Angelou –
On the Pulse of Morning

On the Pulse of Morning (1994)
Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins – Get in the Van (1995)
Maya Angelou
.jpg/440px-Angelou_at_Clinton_inauguration_(cropped_2).jpg)
Maya Angelou – Phenomenal Woman (1996)
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton –
It Takes a Village (1997)
Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt – Charles Kuralt's Spring (1998)
Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve –
Still Me

Still Me (1999)
LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton – The Autobiography of Martin Luther
King

King Jr. (2000)
2001−present
Sidney Poitier, Rick Harris & John Runnette (producers) – The
Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2001)
Quincy Jones, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers) and
Elisa Shokoff (producer) – Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
(2002)
Maya Angelou
.jpg/440px-Angelou_at_Clinton_inauguration_(cropped_2).jpg)
Maya Angelou and Charles B. Potter (producer) – A Song Flung Up to
Heaven / Robin Williams, Nathaniel Kunkel (engineer/mixer) and Peter
Asher (producer) – Live 2002 (2003)
Al Franken

Al Franken and Paul Ruben (producer) – Lies and the Lying Liars Who
Tell Them (2004)
Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton – My Life (2005)
Barack Obama

Barack Obama –
Dreams from My Father

Dreams from My Father (2006)
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter – Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis / Ossie
Davis and
Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee - With Ossie and Ruby (2007)
Barack Obama

Barack Obama and Jacob Bronstein (producer) – The Audacity of Hope
(2008)
Beau Bridges,
Cynthia Nixon
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Cynthia Nixon and
Blair Underwood
.jpg/440px-Blair_Underwood_3rd_Annual_ICON_MANN_POWER_50_event_-_Feb_2015_(cropped).jpg)
Blair Underwood – An Inconvenient
Truth by
Al Gore

Al Gore (2009)
Michael J. Fox
_(2).jpg/440px-Michael_J._Fox_2012_(cropped)_(2).jpg)
Michael J. Fox – Always Looking Up (2010)
Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart – The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The
Audiobook) (2011)
Betty White

Betty White – If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) (2012)
Janis Ian

Janis Ian – Society's Child (2013)
Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert – America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never
Weren't (2014)
Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers – Diary of a Mad Diva (2015)
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter – A Full Life: Reflections at 90 (2016)
Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett – In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter,
Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox (2017)
Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher –
The Princess Diarist

The Princess Diarist (2018)
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WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 61645922
LCCN: n82154795
ISNI: 0000 0001 0907 520X
GND: 121113795
SUDOC: 03382410X
BNF: cb12464274f (data)
MusicBrainz: c762b75f-485e-431f-b008-c1610f65a64f
NKC: xx0151323
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