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BornAugust 22, 1934
DiedSeptember 21, 1973 (age 39)
Place of birthThe Bronx, New York, USA
Film credits15
Diana Sands
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
as Laura Lewis
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self (uncredited)
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Cora
Georgia, Georgia
1972
as Georgia Martin
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Helen Straughn
The Landlord
1970
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Mila
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Janice
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Beneatha Younger
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
as (uncredited)
Carib Gold
1956
as Bar Girl
Caribbean
1952
as Native Woman (uncredited)