Actor
Diana Sands
August 22, 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.
Often works with
Walter Matthau
2 titles together
A Face in the Crowd, Ensign Pulver
Kay Medford
2 titles together
A Face in the Crowd, Ensign Pulver
Lois Nettleton
2 titles together
A Face in the Crowd, Medical Center
Ivan Dixon
2 titles together
The Outer Limits, A Raisin in the Sun
Jason Wingreen
2 titles together
The Outer Limits, The Fugitive
Louis Gossett Jr.
2 titles together
A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord
Full filmography · 17
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
1974
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin
1972
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
1971
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
19706
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
19646.5
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
1963
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
19617.7
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
19596.9
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
19577.6
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
1957
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
1956
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)
1952