Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)

Paul Benjamin has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Do the Right Thing, Escape from Alcatraz, The Station Agent, The Anderson Tapes and Across 110th Street

J. Don Ferguson has 5 credits at Criticker, including: I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Loveless, The Second Chance, Linda and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and went to New York City to be an actress. She began modeling and later acted with the New York Shakespearean Festival and at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1974, Madge made her film debut, playing Mrs. Scott in Conrack (1974). She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as

Affectionately known for the role of outspoken maid Florida Evans on the hit 70s sitcoms "Maude" and "Good Times," African-American actress Esther Rolle proved to be as spirited and iron-willed off-camera as well. The gap-toothed, rather plumpish and plain-looking actress with the gravelly voice was born in Pompano Beach, Florida, the 10th child of 18 born to Caribbean farming immigrants. Her first important work came with the Negro Ensemble Company and over the years would earn a solid careworn

Roger E. Mosley has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Unlawful Entry, Stay Hungry, The New Centurions, Magnum, P.I. and The Mack

Art Evans has 27 credits at Criticker, including: Fright Night, Ruthless People, Metro, The In-Laws and Tales from the Hood

Diahann Carroll has 26 credits at Criticker, including: The Star Wars Holiday Special, White Collar, Eve's Bayou, Carmen Jones and Paris Blues

Tonea Stewart has 22 credits at Criticker, including: Girls Trip, The Hollars, Lottery Ticket, American Hero and Same Kind of Different as Me

Georgia Allen has 3 credits at Criticker, including: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Time After Time and Together for Days