Ruby Dee Wallace was an American Actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. Her best known performances were in the movies, “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961), and “American Gangster” (2007), which she was nominated an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was married to actor Oscar Davis until his death in 2005. She died on June 11, 2014 of natural causes. She was 91 years old. R.I.P. Ruby Dee.