Question: What American actress starred with Alan Alda in the 1963 film Gone Are the Days?
Context: Hank Henry (July 9, 1906 – March 31, 1981) was an American comedian, known for his stage work on the Las Vegas Strip for decades.  He was also a film and television actor.  Henry got his start in burlesque and was the comic to straightman Robert Alda, Alan Alda's father. Doreen Cannon (21 October 1930) was born and raised in New York City.  She trained as an actress at the HB Studio in Manhattan for over 10 years with the famous Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.  Her contemporaries and fellow students were Peter Falk, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Maureen Stapleton, Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller.  She appeared in many plays off Broadway and in Summer Stock alongside such stars as Dorothy Lamour, Robert Alda, Alan Alda and Basil Rathbone.  She married an English Property Developer David Cannon in NYC and came over to London in 1959.  She was subsequently invited by George Devine to teach master workshops at The Royal Court Theatre. "Life Time" is the 11th episode in the eighth season of the CBS television series "M*A*S*H".  It originally aired on November 26, 1979, it was directed by Alan Alda and was co-written by Alan Alda and Dr. Walter D. Dishell, M.D., the latter of whom was the show's medical consultant, along with phantom assistance from authors W.C. Heinz, Ring Lardner, Jr., who had written the script for the film "MASH," and even Richard Hooker, himself a former U.S. Army MASH unit surgeon, and author of the 1968 novel "," from which the film and series both drew their inspirations. Nicholas Webster (July 24, 1912 – August 12, 2006) was an American film and television director.  Chiefly remembered for his CBS program "The Violent World of Sam Huff" (1960; featuring the first use of a wireless microphone on television); the ABC Close Up documentary "Walk in My Shoes" (1961), nominated for an Emmy as the best television program of the year, it was the first time the story of African Americans was told in their own words on television; "Purlie Victorious" (1963; also known as "Gone Are the Days"), the film version of Ossie Davis' acclaimed stage play starring Davis, Ruby Dee, and Alan Alda in his first film role); and the feature film "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964), a children's favorite for more than 40 years and noteworthy to trivia buffs as Pia Zadora's first film.  It was originally reviewed as "a children's film adults won't mind sitting through", though it was later listed by the Medved brothers as one of the 50 worst films of all time, thus ensuring its ongoing cult status); and the ABC special "Ridin' the Rails: The Great American Train Story" (1974), which featured Johnny Cash.  The program was recently re-released by Rhino Records. Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld.  It is based on Davis's 1961 play "Purlie Victorious", which was later made into the 1963 film "Gone Are the Days!"  and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge. Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist.  She is perhaps best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961).  Her other notable film roles include "The Jackie Robinson Story" (1950), and "Do the Right Thing" (1989). The 58th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 1986, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.  During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 1985.  The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Stanley Donen and directed by Marty Pasetta.  Actors Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, and Robin Williams co-hosted the show.  Fonda hosted the gala for the second time, having previously been a co-host of the 49th ceremony held in 1977.  Meanwhile, this was Alda and Williams's first Oscars hosting stint.  Eight days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 16, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host MacDonald Carey. Whispers in the Dark is a 1992 American thriller about a psychiatrist whose patient's lover may be a serial killer.  The film starred Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo, Deborah Unger and Anthony LaPaglia.  The film was released by Paramount Pictures on August 7, 1992.  It was nominated for a Razzie Award for Alan Alda as Worst Supporting Actor. Sweet Liberty is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda, and starring Alda in the lead role, alongside Michael Caine and Michelle Pfeiffer, with support from Bob Hoskins, Lois Chiles, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, and Larry Shue. Suzanne Shepherd is an American actress and theater director.  She is best known for her portrayal of Karen's overbearing mother in the film "Goodfellas", Carmela Soprano's mother Mary De Angelis in the HBO television series "The Sopranos", and the assistant school principal in "Uncle Buck".  She also played the role of Mrs. Scarlini in the film 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream", and Big Ethel in "A Dirty Shame".  Shepherd studied acting with Sanford Meisner, and later went on to teach Meisner's program of acting study, the first woman to do so.  She was a founding member of the Compass Players in the early 1960s, along with such other actors as Alan Alda and Alan Arkin.  In 2016, she played the role of Lucille Abetemarco the mother of Detective Anthony Abetemarco played by former "Sopranos" co-star Steve Schirripa in "Good Cop Bad Cop" the 2nd episode of the 7th season of the CBS police procedural drama "Blue Bloods".  Her daughter is artist Kate Shepherd.
Answer: Ruby Dee