Diana Sands

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-08-22 – 1973-09-21 (aged 39)

From: The Bronx, New York, USA

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 (22)

MOVIE
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
as Laura Lewis
MOVIE★ 6.8
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Cora
MOVIE★ 6.0
Georgia, Georgia
1972
as Georgia Martin
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Helen Straughn
TV★ 4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Landlord
1970
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
as Dr. Marylou Neeley
TV★ 6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Wife
MOVIE★ 6.6
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Mila
MOVIE★ 10.0
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Janice
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Davala Unawa
TV★ 7.4
Breaking Point
1963
TV★ 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
as Dr. Julia Harrison
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Irene Rush
MOVIE★ 7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Beneatha Younger
MOVIE★ 6.8
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.6
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
as (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Carib Gold
1956
as Bar Girl
MOVIE★ 6.3
Caribbean
1952
as Native Woman (uncredited)