Diana Sands
Acting
Born: 1934-08-22 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Died: 1973-09-21
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.
🎬 Movies (15)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Self (archive footage)
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
Laura Lewis
Willie Dynamite
1974
Cora
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
Self (uncredited)
Georgia, Georgia
1972
Georgia Martin
Doctors' Wives
1971
Helen Straughn
The Landlord
1970
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Ensign Pulver
1964
Mila
An Affair of the Skin
1963
Janice
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Beneatha Younger
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Club Hostess (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
(uncredited)
Carib Gold
1956
Bar Girl
Caribbean
1952
Native Woman (uncredited)
