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

The Fugitive

Dr. Kildare

The Outer Limits

Medical Center

The Flip Wilson Show

ABC Stage 67

Breaking Point

A Raisin in the Sun

All Movies (15)

• Poitier's Walter Lee2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Honeybaby, Honeybaby1974 · as Laura Lewis
• Free to Be… You and Me1974 · as Self (uncredited)
• Willie Dynamite1974 · as Cora
• Georgia, Georgia1972 · as Georgia Martin
• Doctors' Wives1971 · as Helen Straughn
• The Landlord1970 · as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
• Ensign Pulver1964 · as Mila
• An Affair of the Skin1963 · as Janice
• A Raisin in the Sun1961 · as Beneatha Younger
• Odds Against Tomorrow1959 · as Club Hostess (uncredited)
• A Face in the Crowd1957 · as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
• Four Boys and a Gun1957 · as (uncredited)
• Carib Gold1956 · as Bar Girl
• Caribbean1952 · as Native Woman (uncredited)

All TV Shows (7)

• The Flip Wilson Show1970 · as Self
• Medical Center1969 · as Dr. Marylou Neeley
• ABC Stage 671966 · as Self - Wife
• The Fugitive1963 · as Davala Unawa
• Breaking Point1963
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Dr. Julia Harrison
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Irene Rush