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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Face in the Crowd (1957) — Homeless Woman (uncredited)
2. The Outer Limits (1963) — Dr. Julia Harrison
3. A Raisin in the Sun (1961) — Beneatha Younger
4. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) — Club Hostess (uncredited)
5. The Fugitive (1963) — Davala Unawa
6. The Landlord (1970) — Francine "Fanny" Johnson
7. Willie Dynamite (1974) — Cora
8. The Flip Wilson Show (1970) — Self
9. Ensign Pulver (1964) — Mila
10. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Irene Rush
11. Doctors' Wives (1971) — Helen Straughn
12. Medical Center (1969) — Dr. Marylou Neeley
13. Free to Be… You and Me (1974) — Self (uncredited)
14. Four Boys and a Gun (1957) — (uncredited)
15. Georgia, Georgia (1972) — Georgia Martin
16. Caribbean (1952) — Native Woman (uncredited)
17. ABC Stage 67 (1966) — Self - Wife
18. Breaking Point (1963)
19. Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974) — Laura Lewis
20. Carib Gold (1956) — Bar Girl
21. An Affair of the Skin (1963) — Janice
22. Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) — Self (archive footage)