Diana Sands
- Acting
- August 22, 1934 · The Bronx, New York, USA
- September 21, 1973
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
Filmography
- Poitier's Walter Lee · Self
- Honeybaby, Honeybaby · Laura Lewis
- Free to Be… You and Me · Self
- Willie Dynamite · Cora
- Georgia, Georgia · Georgia Martin
- Doctors' Wives · Helen Straughn
- The Flip Wilson Show · Self
- The Landlord · Francine "Fanny" Johnson
- Medical Center · Dr. Marylou Neeley
- ABC Stage 67 · Self
- Ensign Pulver · Mila
- An Affair of the Skin · Janice
- The Fugitive · Davala Unawa
- Breaking Point
- The Outer Limits · Dr. Julia Harrison
- Dr. Kildare · Irene Rush
- A Raisin in the Sun · Beneatha Younger
- Odds Against Tomorrow · Club Hostess (uncredited)
- A Face in the Crowd · Homeless Woman (uncredited)
- Four Boys and a Gun · (uncredited)
- Carib Gold · Bar Girl
- Caribbean · Native Woman (uncredited)