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Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Born on August 22nd, 1934

The Bronx, New York, USA

Died on September 21st, 1973

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.

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Poitier's Walter Lee

2018

Self (archive footage)

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Honeybaby, Honeybaby

1974

Laura Lewis

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Free to Be… You and Me

1974

Self (uncredited)

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Willie Dynamite

1974

Cora

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Georgia, Georgia

1972

Georgia Martin

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Doctors' Wives

1971

Helen Straughn

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The Landlord

1970

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

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Ensign Pulver

1964

Mila

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An Affair of the Skin

1963

Janice

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A Raisin in the Sun

1961

Beneatha Younger

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Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

Club Hostess (uncredited)

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A Face in the Crowd

1957

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

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Four Boys and a Gun

1957

(uncredited)

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Carib Gold

1956

Bar Girl

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Caribbean

1952

Native Woman (uncredited)

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