NEWS: Legendary Oscar Nominated Actress, Ruby Dee Dies Aged 91

Ruby Dee, an Oscar nominated actress whose career in film spanned four decades, died on Wednesday, her agent Michael Livingston confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 91. In the course of her accomplished career, Dee collected acclaim and awards including an Emmy and a Grammy.

Dee passed away peacefully at her New Rochelle, New York home from age-related causes, Livingston said. Dee's son, blues musician Guy Davis, posted a tribute to his mom on Facebook. "Rest easy and in peace mom," he wrote.

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Dee won an Obie Award in 1971 for her portrayal of Lena in Athol Fugard's “Boseman and Lena” (1970) and a Drama Desk Award for “Wedding Band” (1974).

She had an impressive stage career, including a highly praised performance in “Purlie Victorious” (1963). Also on stage, Dee was notable as the proud working-mother Ruth in “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961). In 1988, she starred with Denzel Washington and Paul Winfield in “Checkmates” on Broadway and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Along with her late husband, Ossie Davis, Dee was honored with the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award in 2001. They were the second couple to receive that honor, with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward tributed in 1995.With Davis, Dee was also honored in 1970 with the Frederick Douglass Award from New York's Urban League for bringing “a sense of fervor and pride to countless millions.”

In 1989, Davis and Dee were voted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame. She and Davis won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2007 for "With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together."

Dee was the first black actress to play a leading role in the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Connecticut when she played in “King Lear” (1965). She later triumphed in “Taming of the Shrew” (1965) on Broadway.

Dee and Davis conceived the acclaimed PBS series “With Ossie & Ruby” (1981).The couple co-hosted, performed and co-produced 26 half-hour programs. She co-produced “The Ossie Davis and Rudy Dee Story Hour” (1974) broadcast over the national Black Network from 1974-78.