Diana Sands
Acting • Born 1934-08-22 – 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.
Filmography
22 credits
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie • 1961
Beneatha Younger
The Landlord
Movie • 1970
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
A Face in the Crowd
Movie • 1957
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Doctors' Wives
Movie • 1971
Helen Straughn
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Movie • 1974
Laura Lewis
Willie Dynamite
Movie • 1974
Cora
Georgia, Georgia
Movie • 1972
Georgia Martin
Carib Gold
Movie • 1956
Bar Girl
An Affair of the Skin
Movie • 1963
Janice
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Four Boys and a Gun
Movie • 1957
(uncredited)
Caribbean
Movie • 1952
Native Woman (uncredited)
Ensign Pulver
Movie • 1964
Mila
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie • 1959
Club Hostess (uncredited)
Free to Be… You and Me
Movie • 1974
Self (uncredited)
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Dr. Marylou Neeley
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Davala Unawa
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Self - Wife
Breaking Point
TV • 1963
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Irene Rush
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Dr. Julia Harrison