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

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974

as Laura Lewis

A Face in the Crowd

1957

as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

as Beneatha Younger

Carib Gold

1956

as Bar Girl

Ensign Pulver

1964

as Mila

The Landlord

1970

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Club Hostess (uncredited)

Doctors' Wives

1971

as Helen Straughn

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

as Self (uncredited)

Willie Dynamite

1974

as Cora

Caribbean

1952

as Native Woman (uncredited)

An Affair of the Skin

1963

as Janice

Four Boys and a Gun

1957

as (uncredited)

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Georgia, Georgia

1972

as Georgia Martin