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Diana Sands
Acting
Born: August 22, 1934
The Bronx, New York, USA
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

Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)

A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger

A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)

The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)

Willie Dynamite
as Cora

Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn

Ensign Pulver
as Mila

Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)

An Affair of the Skin
as Janice