Public Figure Profiles

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) and Do the Right Thing (1989).

Dee was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005.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, Emmy, Obie and Drama Desk winner. She was also a National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award recipient.

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Some of their strengths

Ruby Dee has many admirable traits.

Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Energetic, Altruistic, Feeling, Intellectual, Analytical, Easygoing, and Honest.

Intense and Passionate

According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Ruby Dee is someone who is an intense, passionate, and intuitive person who is fiercely independent, authentic and direct when engaging with others. A person who is a bit of a "lone wolf".

Constant and Serious

Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Ruby Dee well know them as someone who can be determined, unmoving, and firm, like a rock or a high mountain.

Ambitious and Forceful

According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Ruby Dee as someone who is ambitious, hard-working, determined, and intelligent.

A person who has a knack for identifying opportunities, has amazing concentration and focus, who can work independently, who likes starting new things, and who is somewhat of an intellectual.

Altruistic and Ambitious

Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Ruby Dee is someone who is the type of person who rallies behind a group, cause, or community, and who enjoys being dedicated to a higher cause of some sort.

They are also someone who is curious, dynamic, and positive, and who enjoys inspiring and communicating with other people.

Mysterious and Methodical

According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Ruby Dee tends to be someone who can come across as mysterious and intense, who can be a complex thinker who is methodical and intuitive, and who can overcome challenges that most others would not be able to.

Some of Ruby Dee's challenges

While Ruby Dee has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.

For example, Ruby Dee can be Complicated, Brusque, Rebellious, Emotionally Distant, Impulsive, Careless, and Relentless.

Complicated and Brusque

One of Ruby Dee's key challenges is that they are someone who can be complicated and gruff with others.

Ruby Dee must also exercise caution as they can have a hard time reconciling wants and needs, and can be short-tempered and aggressive.

Relentless and Inflexible

Ruby Dee is someone who can be relentless, obsessive, and inflexible, who can be confrontational with work colleagues, can have difficulty communicating feelings and be somewhat reclusive, and who can be self-destructive, overindulgent, and extravagant.

Sensitive and Aggressive

Finally, Ruby Dee also can be too "touchy-feely", have a hard time expressing feelings, be too aggressive and headstrong, and be too unforgiving of others' mistakes.

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