An attractive, stage-trained, African-American actress, singer, and dancer, Ralph got her professional start in the socially-minded Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby comic action yarn "A Piece of the Action" (1977). She then moved on to Broadway where she performed in the musical "Reggae" (1980) and in the long-running musical "Dreamgirls" (1981). As Deena Jones, a character loosely based on Diana Ross, Ralph received nominations for both the Tony and Drama Desk Award as Best Actress in a Musical.Ralph had made her TV debut in 1978 on "The Krofft Komedy Hour". After her Broadway success, she returned
