Diana Sands

Diana Sands

  • Birthday: 1934-08-22
  • Deathday: 1973-09-21
  • Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Diana Patricia Sands

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.

Filmography

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

As Beneatha Younger

The Landlord

1970

As Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Doctors' Wives

1971

As Helen Straughn

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974

As Laura Lewis

Willie Dynamite

1974

As Cora

Georgia, Georgia

1972

As Georgia Martin

Carib Gold

1957

As Bar Girl

An Affair of the Skin

1963

As Janice

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Four Boys and a Gun

1957

As (uncredited)

Caribbean

1952

As Native Woman (uncredited)

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

As Club Hostess (uncredited)

Ensign Pulver

1964

As Mila

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

As Self (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

1957

As Homeless Woman (uncredited)

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