Name
Diana Sands
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-08-22
Deathday
1973-09-21 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apar...
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The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to ...
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An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black m...
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At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists ...
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The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on t...
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1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to ...
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Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pim...
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Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and...
- 1961 A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger
- 1970 The Landlord as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
- 1957 A Face in the Crowd as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
- 1971 Doctors' Wives as Helen Straughn
- 1974 Honeybaby, Honeybaby as Laura Lewis
- 1974 Willie Dynamite as Cora
- 1972 Georgia, Georgia as Georgia Martin
- 1956 Carib Gold as Bar Girl
- 1963 An Affair of the Skin as Janice
- 2018 Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 1957 Four Boys and a Gun as (uncredited)
- 1952 Caribbean as Native Woman (uncredited)
- 1964 Ensign Pulver as Mila
- 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as Club Hostess (uncredited)
- 1974 Free to Be… You and Me as Self (uncredited)
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Marylou Neeley
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Davala Unawa
- 1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 1 episode ) as Self - Wife
- 1963 Breaking Point ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 4 episodes ) as Irene Rush
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Julia Harrison
