Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-08-22

Deathday

1973-09-21 (39 years old)

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

7.6%

A Face in the Crowd

May 29, 1957

7.8%

The Outer Limits

Sep 16, 1963

7.7%

A Raisin in the Sun

May 28, 1961

6.7%

Odds Against Tomorrow

Oct 15, 1959

7.2%

The Fugitive

Sep 17, 1963

5.9%

The Landlord

May 20, 1970

6.4%

Willie Dynamite

Jan 23, 1974

5.5%

Dr. Kildare

Sep 27, 1961

4.8%

The Flip Wilson Show

Sep 17, 1970

5.0%

Doctors' Wives

Feb 3, 1971

6.6%

Ensign Pulver

Jul 31, 1964

6.1%

Medical Center

Sep 24, 1969

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Acting

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)

1974		Honeybaby, Honeybaby as Laura Lewis
1974		Free to Be… You and Me as Self (uncredited)
1974		Willie Dynamite as Cora

1972

Georgia, Georgia as Georgia Martin

1971

Doctors' Wives as Helen Straughn

1970		The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1970		The Landlord as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

1969

Medical Center as Dr. Marylou Neeley

1966

ABC Stage 67 as Self - Wife

1964

Ensign Pulver as Mila

1963		An Affair of the Skin as Janice
1963		The Fugitive as Davala Unawa
1963		The Outer Limits as Dr. Julia Harrison
1963		Breaking Point

1961		Dr. Kildare as Irene Rush
1961		A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger

1959

Odds Against Tomorrow as Club Hostess (uncredited)

1957		A Face in the Crowd as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957		Four Boys and a Gun as (uncredited)

1956

Carib Gold as Bar Girl

1952

Caribbean as Native Woman (uncredited)