February 14, 2021

Dee and Davis appeared in 11 plays together, including the landmark original 1959 production of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” the first play by an African-American woman to run on Broadway. (Dee originated the role of Ruth Younger; Davis took over as her husband, Walter Younger after Sidney Poitier left.) 

 

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