Spoiler : Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is perhaps best known for originating 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). For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She 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. She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed, until his death in 2005 She Appeared in 4 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater:

Spoiler : Born in Cleveland, Ohio 10/27/1924. Married to actor Ossie Davis (1948-2005 his death). Dee was raised in Harlem, New York. African-American actress that began her career at the American Negro Theatre in 1941. On Broadway in Jeb (with Ossie Davis) (1946). Screen debut in The Fight Never Ends (1949). Continuing role on the CBS-Radio soap, The Story of Ruby Valentine (1955- 1956).

Spoiler : Alma Miles on Peyton Place for ABC-TV (1968-1969). Queen Haley on the ABC-TV miniseries, Roots: The Next Generation" in 1979.

Spoiler : Emmy Award in 1991 for Hallmark Hall Of Fame telecast of, "Decoration Day." Dee and husband Davis were named to the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame in 1989. The couple also received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, and a Kennedy Center Honor for their lifetime achievements in the arts in 2004.