Acting

Diana Sands

Born: 1934-08-22 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Died: 1973-09-21
Filmography: 22 titles on TMDB

About Diana Sands

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.

Backdrop from A Face in the Crowd

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15 titles

7.6

A Face in the Crowd1957 · Film

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

7.7

A Raisin in the Sun1961 · Film

Beneatha Younger

6.8

Free to Be… You and Me1974 · Film

Self (uncredited)

6.9

Odds Against Tomorrow1959 · Film

Club Hostess (uncredited)

6.4

Willie Dynamite1974 · Film

Cora

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Poitier's Walter Lee2018 · Film

Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Landlord1970 · Film

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

6.6

Four Boys and a Gun1957 · Film

(uncredited)

6.5

Ensign Pulver1964 · Film

Mila

10.0

An Affair of the Skin1963 · Film

Janice

4.9

Doctors' Wives1971 · Film

Helen Straughn

5.5

Carib Gold1956 · Film

Bar Girl

6.3

Caribbean1952 · Film

Native Woman (uncredited)

6.0

Honeybaby, Honeybaby1974 · Film

Laura Lewis

6.0

Georgia, Georgia1972 · Film

Georgia Martin

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