Diana Sands

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

Birth Location The Bronx, New York, USA
Born 1934-08-22
Died 1973-09-21

Movies

Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
2018
Honeybaby, Honeybaby as Laura Lewis
1974
Free to Be… You and Me as Self (uncredited)
1974
Willie Dynamite as Cora
1974
Georgia, Georgia as Georgia Martin
1972
Doctors' Wives as Helen Straughn
1971
The Landlord as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1970
Ensign Pulver as Mila
1964
1963
A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger
1961
Odds Against Tomorrow as Club Hostess (uncredited)
1959
Carib Gold as Bar Girl
1957
A Face in the Crowd as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
Four Boys and a Gun as (uncredited)
1957
Caribbean as Native Woman (uncredited)
1952
Diana Sands hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows