Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/22/1934
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
Diana Patricia Sands
Diana Sands
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
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin