Diana Sands
Born: 1934-08-22 in The Bronx, New York, USA
Died: 1973-09-21
Known 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
2018
- Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Willie Dynamite as Cora
- Free to Be… You and Me as Self (uncredited)
- Honeybaby, Honeybaby as Laura Lewis
1972
- Georgia, Georgia as Georgia Martin
1971
- Doctors' Wives as Helen Straughn
1970
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- The Landlord as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1969
- Medical Center as Dr. Marylou Neeley
1966
- ABC Stage 67 as Self - Wife
1964
- Ensign Pulver as Mila
1963
- The Fugitive as Davala Unawa
- The Outer Limits as Dr. Julia Harrison
- Breaking Point
- An Affair of the Skin as Janice
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Irene Rush
- A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger
1959
- Odds Against Tomorrow as Club Hostess (uncredited)
1957
- A Face in the Crowd as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
- Four Boys and a Gun as (uncredited)
1956
- Carib Gold as Bar Girl
1952
- Caribbean as Native Woman (uncredited)