Editing Ruby Dee (section)

=== 1980–2014 ===
[[File:Ruby Dee and David Scott.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Dee with Congressman [[David Scott (Georgia politician)|David Scott]] in 2006]]
Dee was nominated for eight [[Emmy Awards]], winning once for her role in the 1990 [[Television movie|TV film]] ''[[Decoration Day (film)|Decoration Day]]''. She was nominated for her television guest appearance in the ''[[China Beach]]'' episode, "Skylark". Her husband [[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]]''.<ref name=cnn_obit/> She starred in the television films portraying Mary Tyrone in ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1982) and Mrs. Grimes in ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]'' (1985). Dee returned to Broadway in the play ''Checkmates'' written by [[Ron Milner]]. She acted alongside [[Denzel Washington]], [[Paul Winfield]] and Marsha Jackson. In 1990 she portrayed [[Zora Neale Hurston]] in ''Zora Is My Name!'' and played [[Jackie Robinson]]'s mother in ''[[The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson]]''. That same year she earned a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for her role in ''[[Decoration Day (film)|Decoration Day]]'' (1990). She played Mother Abagail Freemantle in the [[Stephen King]] miniseries ''[[The Stand (1994 miniseries)|The Stand]]'' (1994). She collaborated with comedian [[Bill Cosby]] acting in both ''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'' in 1998 and voicing Alice the Great in the [[Nick Jr.]] animated series ''[[Little Bill]]'' from 1999 to 2004. The next year she and Davis were awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]] from President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#95 Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2003, she narrated a series of [[Slave Narrative Collection|WPA]] & [[slave narrative]]s in the HBO film ''[[Unchained Memories]]''. They were also recipients of the 2004 [[Kennedy Center Honors]]. In 2007 the [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]] was shared by Dee and Ossie Davis for ''With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together'', and former President [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref name=wapo/><ref name=usatoday6/> Dee portrayed Mama Lucas in the [[Ridley Scott]] directed crime film ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007). Dee acted alongside [[Denzel Washington]] and [[Russell Crowe]]. For her performance she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] losing to [[Tilda Swinton]] for her role in the legal thriller ''[[Michael Clayton]]'' (2007). She won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role]] for the same performance. At 85 years of age, Dee is currently the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|third oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress]], behind [[Gloria Stuart]] and [[Judi Dench]] (both 87).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-16|title=Who are the oldest Oscar nominees?|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/who_are_the_oldest_oscar_nominees/s1__37160852|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Yardbarker|language=en}}</ref>

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 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/news/article.php?id=270 |title=Theriversdechurchny.org |publisher=Theriversidechurchny.org |date=February 1, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027133547/http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/news/article.php?id=270 |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dee's last role in a [[Movie theater|theatrically released]] film was in the [[Eddie Murphy]] comedy ''[[A Thousand Words (film)|A Thousand Words]]'', in which she portrayed the mother of Murphy's protagonist. In 2013 she narrated the Lifetime film ''[[Betty & Coretta]]'' starring [[Angela Bassett]] and [[Mary J. Blige]]. Her final film role is in ''[[1982 (2013 film)|1982]]'', which premiered at the [[2013 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref>Zeba Blay, [http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/tiff-2013-reviews-tommy-olivers-debut-1982-provides-a-platform-for-hill-harper-to-shine "TIFF 2013 Reviews – Tommy Oliver’s Debut ‘1982’ Provides A Platform For Hill Harper To Shine"], IndieWire, September 13,
 2013.</ref> and was released on [[home video]] on March 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://videoeta.com/movie/179342/1982/ |title=VideoETA - 1982 (2015) DVD and Blu-ray |access-date=2016-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121055349/http://videoeta.com/movie/179342/1982/ |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It is unknown whether her final role will ever be seen, as ''King Dog'' was in production at the time of her death,<ref>[http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/06/ruby_dee_a_raisin_in_the_sun_a.html "Ruby Dee, 'A Raisin in the Sun' actress, dies at 91"],
 ''Penn Live'', June 12, 2014.</ref> and no release date has ever been announced.