Diana Sands

🎂 Born: 1934-08-22📍 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.

Known For

A Raisin in the Sun

Beneatha Younger

The Landlord

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

A Face in the Crowd

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Doctors' Wives

Helen Straughn

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Laura Lewis

Willie Dynamite

Cora

Georgia, Georgia

Georgia Martin

Carib Gold

Bar Girl

An Affair of the Skin

Janice

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)