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
ActingBirthday
August 22, 1934Deathday
September 21, 1973Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
15Place of birth
The Bronx, New York, USAAlso known as
Diana Patricia Sands
Cast credits
A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
Willie Dynamite
Cora
Georgia, Georgia
Georgia Martin
Carib Gold
Bar Girl
An Affair of the Skin
Janice
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
Four Boys and a Gun
(uncredited)
Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited)
Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
Ensign Pulver
Mila
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)Images
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