Diana Sands
Acting
August 22, 1934
Died September 21, 1973 (39 years old)
The Bronx, New York, USA
22
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
as Laura Lewis
6
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Cora
6.4
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self (uncredited)
6.9
Georgia, Georgia
1972
as Georgia Martin
6
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Helen Straughn
4.9
The Landlord
1970
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
6
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
4.9
Medical Center
1969
as Dr. Marylou Neeley
6.4
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Wife
6.8
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Mila
6.5
An Affair of the Skin
1963
as Janice
10
The Fugitive
1963
as Davala Unawa
7.3
Breaking Point
1963
7.4
The Outer Limits
1963
as Dr. Julia Harrison
7.8
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Beneatha Younger
7.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Irene Rush
5.7
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
6.9
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
7.6
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
as (uncredited)
6.6
Carib Gold
1956
as Bar Girl
5.5
Caribbean
1952
as Native Woman (uncredited)
6.3