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Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Acting
August 22, 1934
— September 21, 1973
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.

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Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

Helen Straughn

1971

Ensign Pulver

Ensign Pulver

Mila

1964

The Landlord

The Landlord

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

1970

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Laura Lewis

1974

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Club Hostess (uncredited)

1959

Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite

Cora

1974

An Affair of the Skin

An Affair of the Skin

Janice

1963

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Beneatha Younger

1961

Free to Be… You and Me

Free to Be… You and Me

Self (uncredited)

1974

Poitier's Walter Lee

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)

2018

Caribbean

Caribbean

Native Woman (uncredited)

1952

Carib Gold

Carib Gold

Bar Girl

1956

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

1957

Four Boys and a Gun

Four Boys and a Gun

(uncredited)

1957

Georgia, Georgia

Georgia, Georgia

Georgia Martin

1972

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