Diana Sands
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-08-22
Day of Death
1973-09-21 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Diana 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.
Known For
Acting
(2018)
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
(1974)
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
(1974)
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
(1972)
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
(1970)
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
(1964)
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
(1963)
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
(1961)
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
(1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
(1957)
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
(1957)
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
(1956)
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
(1952)
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)