Acting
Diana Sands
Also Known As: Diana Patricia Sands
Birth Date
August 22, 1934
Death Date
September 21, 1973
(passed away at 39)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Popularity
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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.
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TV Show
The Fugitive
Davala Unawa
1963 • 1 episode
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Dr. Kildare
Irene Rush
1961 • 4 episodes
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The Outer Limits
Dr. Julia Harrison
1963 • 1 episode
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Medical Center
Dr. Marylou Neeley
1969 • 1 episode
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The Flip Wilson Show
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1970 • 2 episodes
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ABC Stage 67
Self - Wife
1966 • 1 episode
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Breaking Point
1963 • 1 episode
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Movie
A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
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Movie
Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
1959
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Movie
A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
1961
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Movie
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
1974
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Carib Gold
Bar Girl
1956
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The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1970
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Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
1974
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Ensign Pulver
Mila
1964
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Willie Dynamite
Cora
1974
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Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
1971
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Four Boys and a Gun
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1957
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Movie
An Affair of the Skin
Janice
1963
Movie
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2018