Acting
Diana Sands
1934 · The Bronx, New York, USA
15 films
Bio
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
A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Carib Gold
Bar Girl
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
Ensign Pulver
Mila
Willie Dynamite
Cora
Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited)
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)