
Diana Sands
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 22, 1934
- Died
- September 21, 1973 (aged 39)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
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
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Movie · as Laura Lewis

Willie Dynamite
Movie · as Cora

Free to Be… You and Me
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Georgia, Georgia
Movie · as Georgia Martin

Doctors' Wives
Movie · as Helen Straughn

The Landlord
Movie · as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Medical Center
TV · as Dr. Marylou Neeley · 1 ep

ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self - Wife · 1 ep

Ensign Pulver
Movie · as Mila

An Affair of the Skin
Movie · as Janice

The Fugitive
TV · as Davala Unawa · 1 ep

Breaking Point
TV · 1 ep

The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Julia Harrison · 1 ep

A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · as Beneatha Younger

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Irene Rush · 4 eps

Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie · as Club Hostess (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd
Movie · as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Four Boys and a Gun
Movie · as (uncredited)

Carib Gold
Movie · as Bar Girl

Caribbean
Movie · as Native Woman (uncredited)