Cast
Diana Sands
Acting
Cast
Diana Sands
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-08-22
From
The Bronx, New York, USA
Died
1973-09-21
Also known as Diana Patricia 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.
★5.9
MOVIE1970
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
★6.0
MOVIE1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
★6.8
MOVIE1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1964
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
★5.0
MOVIE1971
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
★6.4
MOVIE1974
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
★6.8
MOVIE1974
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1957
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1963
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
★5.5
MOVIE1956
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
★6.0
MOVIE1972
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin
MOVIE2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)