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Diana Sands
Born
August 22, 1934
Died: September 21, 1973
Lived 39 years
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Career Highlights
15
Movies
7
TV Shows
Also Known As
Diana Patricia Sands
IMDb Profile
Diana Sands
Acting
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.
Movies
15
TV Shows
7
0
Poitier's Walter Lee
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
4.0
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as
Laura Lewis
1974
6.7
Free to Be… You and Me
as
Self (uncredited)
1974
6.2
Willie Dynamite
as
Cora
1974
5.2
Georgia, Georgia
as
Georgia Martin
1972
4.8
Doctors' Wives
as
Helen Straughn
1971
5.8
The Landlord
as
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1970
6.6
Ensign Pulver
as
Mila
1964
0
An Affair of the Skin
as
Janice
1963
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
as
Beneatha Younger
1961
6.8
Odds Against Tomorrow
as
Club Hostess (uncredited)
1959
7.6
A Face in the Crowd
as
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
6.3
Four Boys and a Gun
as
(uncredited)
1957
4.0
Carib Gold
as
Bar Girl
1956
5.8
Caribbean
as
Native Woman (uncredited)
1952
0
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