Ossie Davis
Activist, Director, and Actor
'Do the Right Thing' still has something to say...Gotta Have It.' " The film also boasts indelible performances -- Lee, Danny Aiello as Sal, Giancarlo Esposito as Buggin Out, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as Da Mayor and Mother Sister, John Turturro as Pino -- and memorable music, a mix of jazz... In this article: Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, New York City, Roger Ebert, She's Gotta Have It, and Italian pizza |
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Florida-Times Union | August 03, 2009
Waycross honor sought for late actor
...racial satire centered on a "new-fangled preacher man" from Waycross. When the community theater company in Waycross produced the play in 2001, Davis came to see it. Later in life, Davis distinguished himself in a string of Spike Lee...
In this article: Waycross, Sidney Poitier, Malcolm X, Ware County, and A Raisin in the Sun
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New York Magazine: Movies | July 12, 2009
28 Minutes With Spike Lee
...room as D.J. Mister Senor Love Daddy. No. 169 was where Mother Sister, played by Ruby Dee, leaned out her window and yelled at Da Mayor, Dee's real-life husband Ossie Davis, who lived at No. 178. On the corner, the faint outline of the...
In this article: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Ruby Dee, Beer soup, DVD, Mike Tyson, and Yankees
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The Seattle Times | February 19, 2008
Movies Reflecting on Oscars with Ruby Dee, Hal Holbrook Seattle Times Newspaper
...and film that they were almost a package deal. Their credits include Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and "Jungle Fever," and the stage and film versions of Davis' play "Purlie Victorious." After studying drama in college, Holbrook toured...
In this article: Ruby Dee, Hal Holbrook, Academy Awards, American Gangster, Into the Wild, Sean Penn, Harlem, Cleveland, and Los Angeles
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Blogcritics | June 29, 2009
Blu-ray Review: Do the Right Thing - 20th Anniversary Edition
...but it is an engrossing one thanks to superb direction from Lee and various excellent supporting performances from the likes of Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson, Frankie Faison, and Robin...
In this article: Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, Blu-ray, Danny Aiello, Pizza, University of Oklahoma, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robin Harris
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thestar.com | June 30, 2009
Do the Right Thing still as fresh as a black president
...the film revealed, more subconsciously than consciously? What is the "right thing" that Ossie Davis's street sage Da Mayor counsels Lee's pizza-boy protagonist Mookie to always do? It's the brilliance of this movie, which Lee produced,...
In this article: Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Academy Awards, Radio Raheem, New York City, Public Enemy, Bill Nunn, Driving Miss Daisy, and Malcolm X
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Wikipedia | September 20, 2009
Ossie Davis
...on the Bus. He also found work as a commercial voice-over artist and served as the narrator of the early-1990s CBS sitcom Evening Shade, starring Burt Reynolds, where he also played one of the residents of a small southern town. Davis at the...
In this article: Ruby Dee, Guy Davis, Sidney Poitier, New York City, Bill Cosby, Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Jr., She Hate Me, and Anansi
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Starpulse | February 12, 2008
Elder Power: Eightysomethings Ruby Dee And Hal Holbrook Reflect On Oscars - Starpulse Entertainment News Blog
...and film that they were almost a package deal. Their credits including Spike Lee's ''Do the Right Thing'' and ''Jungle Fever,'' and the stage and film versions of Davis' play ''Purlie Victorious.'' An Emmy winner for the TV movie ''Decoration...
In this article: Ruby Dee, Hal Holbrook, Academy Awards, American Gangster, Into the Wild, Emmy, Sean Penn, Harlem, and Cleveland
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Description from Wikipedia:
Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.
- Name At Birth:
- Raiford Chatman Davis
- Birth Date:
- December 18, 1917
- Birthplace:
- Cogdell, Clinch County, Georgia, U.S.
- Death Date:
- February 04, 2005
- Place of Death:
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Spouse:
- Ruby Dee (1948-2005)
- Grammys:
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- Best Spoken Word Album
- 2007 With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together
- Years Active:
- 1939-2005
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