Diana Sands

Personal Info

Birthday

August 22, 1934

Day of Death

1973-09-21

(39 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

Diana Patricia Sands

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

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

Medical Center

The Outer Limits

A Face in the Crowd

A Raisin in the Sun

The Landlord

Odds Against Tomorrow

Filmography

2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
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)
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
1956
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
1952
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)