Diana Sands
ActingAugust 22, 1934— September 21, 1973 (age 39)
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
Diana Patricia 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.
Movies
(15 total)
A Face in the Crowd
19577.6
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
A Raisin in the Sun
19617.7
as Beneatha Younger
Odds Against Tomorrow
19596.8
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
The Landlord
19705.8
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Willie Dynamite
19746.2
as Cora
Doctors' Wives
19714.8
as Helen Straughn
Ensign Pulver
19646.6
as Mila
Free to Be… You and Me
19746.7
as Self (uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
19576.3
as (uncredited)
Georgia, Georgia
19725.2
as Georgia Martin
Caribbean
19525.8
as Native Woman (uncredited)
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
19744.0
as Laura Lewis
Carib Gold
19564.0
as Bar Girl
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Janice
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows
(7 total)
The Outer Limits
19637.8
as Dr. Julia Harrison
The Fugitive
19637.2
as Davala Unawa
The Flip Wilson Show
19704.6
as Self
Dr. Kildare
19615.5
as Irene Rush
Medical Center
19696.1
as Dr. Marylou Neeley
ABC Stage 67
19666.2
as Self - Wife
