
Actor
Diana Sands
Born 1934 · The Bronx, New York, USA
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.
Acting

A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited) · 1957

The Outer Limits
Dr. Julia Harrison · 1963

A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger · 1961

Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited) · 1959

The Fugitive
Davala Unawa · 1963

The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson · 1970

An Affair of the Skin
Janice · 1963

Willie Dynamite
Cora · 1974

Ensign Pulver
Mila · 1964

Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited) · 1974

Medical Center
Dr. Marylou Neeley · 1969

Dr. Kildare
Irene Rush · 1961

ABC Stage 67
Self - Wife · 1966

Four Boys and a Gun
(uncredited) · 1957

Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited) · 1952

Georgia, Georgia
Georgia Martin · 1972

Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn · 1971

The Flip Wilson Show
Self · 1970

Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis · 1974

Carib Gold
Bar Girl · 1956

Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage) · 2018