Diana Sands

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

August 22, 1934

died

September 21, 1973

place of birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

also known as

Diana Patricia Sands

total credits

15 movies

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.

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Known For

A Raisin in the Sun

as Beneatha Younger

Odds Against Tomorrow

as Club Hostess (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Ensign Pulver

as Mila

The Landlord

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Doctors' Wives

as Helen Straughn

Filmography

15 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

7.7

A Raisin in the Sun

1961as Beneatha Younger

6.8

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959as Club Hostess (uncredited)

7.6

A Face in the Crowd

1957as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

6.6

Ensign Pulver

1964as Mila

5.9

The Landlord

1970as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

5.0

Doctors' Wives

1971as Helen Straughn

6.4

Willie Dynamite

1974as Cora

6.3

Caribbean

1952as Native Woman (uncredited)

6.8

Free to Be… You and Me

1974as Self (uncredited)

Four Boys and a Gun

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

An Affair of the Skin

1963as Janice

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018as Self (archive footage)

5.5

Carib Gold

1956as Bar Girl

6.0

Georgia, Georgia

1972as Georgia Martin