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Includes the name: Ozzie Davis

Image credit: Ossie Davis, as Gabriel in The Green Pastures, photo by Carl Van Vechten, April 12, 1951 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Digital ID: van 5a51884)

Works by Ossie Davis

Just Like Martin (1995) 124 copies

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (1998) 89 copies

Purlie Victorious: A Comedy in Three Acts (1961) 42 copies, 2 reviews

Just Like Martin (1992) 34 copies

Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings (2006) 28 copies

Finding Buck McHenry (2001) 25 copies

Just like Martin 10 copies

Cotton Comes to Harlem [1970 film] (2001) — Screenwriter, director — 9 copies

Just like Martin 8 copies

Purlie: A musical based on the play Purlie Victorious (French's musical library) (1970) 8 copies

Langston, a play (1982) 7 copies

Just Like Martin 4 copies

The People of Clarendon County (2007) 4 copies

Just Like Martin (2001) 4 copies

Just Like Martin (2002) 3 copies

Purlie victorious; a comedy in three acts 2 copies

Jacob Lawrence, The Glory of Expression (2002) 2 copies

Just Like Martin 2 copies

Just Like Martin (1995) 2 copies

Purlie 2 copies

Just Like Martin 2 copies

Just Like Martin 1 copy

An Evening with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee [videorecording] (2002) 1 copy

JUST LIKE MARTIN 1 copy

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together 1 copy

We Shall Not Be Moved [DVD] 1 copy

Gordon's War / Off Limits (Action-Packed Double Feature) — Director — 1 copy

Black girl 🎥 1 copy, 1 review

A Vow to Cherish 1 copy

History Makers/Collector's Set (2007) 1 copy

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOM X 1 copy

Action-Packed Double Feature: Gordon’s War [and] Off Limits (2011) — Director — 1 copy

Langston Hughes: Simple Stories 1 copy

J.C. Leyendecker - The Great American Illustrator (2002) 1 copy

We shall not be moved (2002) 1 copy

The World of Fuzzwald & Friends (2014) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) — Post-script, some editions — 11,343 copies, 144 reviews

A Raisin in the Sun (1959) — Reader, some editions — 6,388 copies, 87 reviews

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales from the Gulf States (2001) — Narrator, some editions — 421 copies, 4 reviews

Dinosaur [2000 film] (2000) — Actor — 337 copies, 1 review

Bubba Ho-Tep [2002 film] (2002) — Actor — 219 copies, 6 reviews

The Stand [1994 TV series] (1995) 215 copies, 1 review

Do the Right Thing [1989 film] (1989) — Actor — 185 copies, 5 reviews

Grumpy Old Men [1993 film] (1993) 181 copies, 2 reviews

Dr. Dolittle [1998 film] (1998) — Actor — 145 copies, 2 reviews

The Legend of the Candy Cane [2001 TV Movie] (2001) — Actor — 90 copies, 4 reviews

Black Magic a Pictorial History of Black Entertainers in America (1967) — Foreword, some editions — 63 copies

Thomas Jefferson [1997 miniseries] (1997) — Narrator — 54 copies

Jump Up and Say! A Collection of Black Storytelling (1995) — Introduction — 52 copies, 1 review

Baseball [1994 miniseries] (1994) — Narrator — 51 copies

We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People (1951) — Preface, some editions — 49 copies

A Vow to Cherish [1999 TV Movie] (1999) — Actor — 48 copies

School Daze [1988 film] (2004) — Actor — 33 copies

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years [2001 TV mini series] (2001) — Narrator — 32 copies

Harlem U.S.A. (1964) — Contributor — 32 copies

Not for Bread Alone: A Memoir (2002) — Foreword, some editions — 21 copies

12 Angry Men [1997 TV movie] (2000) 18 copies, 1 review

Alex Haley's Queen [1993 TV mini series] (2008) — Actor — 18 copies

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years [2001 TV mini series] (2000) — Narrator — 10 copies

Where I'm Coming From (1993) — Foreword — 9 copies

The Feast of All Saints [2001 film] (2003) — Actor — 8 copies

Get on the Bus [1996 film] (1997) 8 copies, 1 review

The Caedmon Short Story Collection (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies

Avenging Angel [1985 Film] (1985) — Actor — 5 copies

Let's Do It Again [1975 film] (1975) 4 copies

The Secret Path aka Chasing Secrets [1999 TV Movie] (1999) — Actor — 3 copies

King: The Martin Luther King Story [1978 TV miniseries] (1978) — Actor — 3 copies

Freedomways: A Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement (7.1 Winter 1967) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1917-12-18
Date of death: 2005-02-04
Gender: male
Education: Brown, Sterling Allen (professor)
Occupations: actor
Awards and honors: National Medal of Arts (1995)
Kennedy Center Honors (2004)
Relationships: Dee, Ruby (wife)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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sundusf03 6 reviews

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Ossie Davis

Dr. Julie Smith's compassionate and insightful guidebook is an empowering resource that has the potential to positively impact your life. The book gently shows us how to regain, improve, and maintain our mental health in baby steps.

Aug 29, 20231 other review

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Purlie Victorious: A Comedy in Three Acts by Ossie Davis