Diana Sands

Known for

Acting

Born

August 22, 1934

Birthplace

The Bronx, New York, USA

Died

September 21, 1973 (aged 39)

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.

Best known work

A Face in the Crowd

1957

The Outer Limits

1963

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

The Fugitive

1963

The Landlord

1970

Willie Dynamite

1974

The Flip Wilson Show

1970

Ensign Pulver

1964

Doctors' Wives

1971

Filmography

2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1974
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
1972
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin
1971
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
1970
The Flip Wilson ShowTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1970
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1969
Medical CenterTV
as Dr. Marylou Neeley (1 episode)
1966
ABC Stage 67TV
as Self - Wife (1 episode)
1964
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
1963
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
1963
The FugitiveTV
as Davala Unawa (1 episode)
1963
Breaking PointTV
1963
The Outer LimitsTV
as Dr. Julia Harrison (1 episode)
1961
Dr. KildareTV
as Irene Rush (4 episodes)
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
1956
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
1952
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)