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
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Beneatha Younger
A Face in the Crowd
(1957)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Ensign Pulver
(1964)
Mila
Doctors' Wives
(1971)
Helen Straughn
Caribbean
(1952)
Native Woman (uncredited)
The Landlord
(1970)
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Full Filmography
Acting
Caribbean
(1952)
Native Woman (uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
(1957)
(uncredited)
Carib Gold
(1957)
Bar Girl
A Face in the Crowd
(1957)
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959)
Club Hostess (uncredited)
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Beneatha Younger
An Affair of the Skin
(1963)
Janice
Ensign Pulver
(1964)
Mila
The Landlord
(1970)
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Doctors' Wives
(1971)
Helen Straughn
Georgia, Georgia
(1972)
Georgia Martin
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
(1974)
Laura Lewis
Willie Dynamite
(1974)
Cora
Free to Be… You and Me
(1974)
Self (uncredited)
Poitier's Walter Lee
(2018)
Self (archive footage)