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