
Diana Sands
Acting
August 22, 1934 — September 21, 1973The Bronx, New York, USA
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.
Known for
2018Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
1974Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
1974Willie Dynamite
Cora
1974Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
1972Georgia, Georgia
Georgia Martin
1971Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
1970The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1964Ensign Pulver
Mila
1963An Affair of the Skin
Janice
1961A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
1959Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
1957A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957Four Boys and a Gun
(uncredited)
1956Carib Gold
Bar Girl
1952Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited)