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Diana Sands

Diana Sands

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