Diana Sands

1934-08-22 – 1973-09-21 (age 39) The Bronx, New York, USA

Biography

Diana Patricia Sands was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun.

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Known For

The Landlord

1970

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

A Face in the Crowd

1957

as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974

as Laura Lewis

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

as Beneatha Younger

Caribbean

1952

as Native Woman (uncredited)

Doctors' Wives

1971

as Helen Straughn

Ensign Pulver

1964

as Mila

Willie Dynamite

1974

as Cora

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Club Hostess (uncredited)

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

as Self (uncredited)

Four Boys and a Gun

1957

as (uncredited)

An Affair of the Skin

1963

as Janice

Carib Gold

1956

as Bar Girl

Georgia, Georgia

1972

as Georgia Martin

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018

as Self (archive footage)