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.

Born

Aug 22, 1934

The Bronx, New York, USA

Died

Sep 21, 1973

Known For

Acting

Movies

15 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.4

movie

Known For

A Face in the Crowd

1957

as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

as Beneatha Younger

A Face in the Crowd

1957 • as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

★ 7.6

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959 • as Club Hostess (uncredited)

★ 6.8

A Raisin in the Sun

1961 • as Beneatha Younger

★ 7.7

The Landlord

1970 • as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

★ 5.8

Willie Dynamite

1974 • as Cora

★ 6.2

Ensign Pulver

1964 • as Mila

★ 6.4

An Affair of the Skin

1963 • as Janice

Doctors' Wives

1971 • as Helen Straughn

★ 4.8

Free to Be… You and Me

1974 • as Self (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Georgia, Georgia

1972 • as Georgia Martin

★ 5.2

Four Boys and a Gun

1957 • as (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Caribbean

1952 • as Native Woman (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Carib Gold

1956 • as Bar Girl

★ 4.0

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018 • as Self (archive footage)

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974 • as Laura Lewis

★ 4.0

Diana Sands

Known For

A Face in the Crowd

A Raisin in the Sun

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