She was best k**wn for starring in the 1961 film A Raisin in the Sun before she was **minated for an Academy Award for her role in American Gangster in 2008. Dee got her start on Broadway, but easily made the transition to television and film, and was **minated for eight Emmy Awards, winning one for the 1990 TV movie Decoration Day. She also won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album with her late husband Ossie Davis, With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together, which tied with former President Jimmy Carter in 2007. Read more...