Successful actress who often acted with husband Ossie Davis. She starred in A Raisin in the Sun in 1961.
Before Fame
She graduated from Hunter College with degrees in French and Spanish.
Trivia
She was born in 1922. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in American Gangster.
Family Life
She was married to singer Frankie Dee Brown from 1941 until 1945. She married Ossie Davis in 1946. They remained married until his death in 2005.
Associated With
She starred alongside Denzel Washington in the film American Gangster.
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