Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1934-08-22
Day of Death
1973-09-21
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Diana Sands
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 (15)
⭐ 0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Laura Lewis
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
1974
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Self (uncredited)
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Cora
Willie Dynamite
1974
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Georgia Martin
Georgia, Georgia
1972
⭐ 4.9
Role:
Helen Straughn
Doctors' Wives
1971
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
The Landlord
1970
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Mila
Ensign Pulver
1964
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Janice
An Affair of the Skin
1963
⭐ 7.7
Role:
Beneatha Younger
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Club Hostess (uncredited)
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd
1957
⭐ 6.6
Role:
(uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
⭐ 5.5
Role:
Bar Girl
Carib Gold
1956
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Native Woman (uncredited)