Actress. She first worked as a singer for the Katharine Dunham dance company, then toured as a single all over the world and performed on the New York stage in the early 1950s. She made her screen debut in “The Last Angry Man” (1959), followed by “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961) and “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” (1978). For television, she appeared on the series “The DuPont Show of the Month”, “The Nurses” and in the TV movie “Roots: The Next Generations” (1979). (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith) Cause of death: Diabetes