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Diana Sands

Acting Born Aug 22, 1934 The Bronx, New York, USA 22 credits

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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Known for

Film

No Way Out

as Davala Unawa
Film

Loverboy

as Irene Rush

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Julia Harrison

Medical Center

as Dr. Marylou Neeley
Film

The Waterboy

as Self
Film

The Landlord

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Tieta

as Cora

Full filmography

  • The Fugitive (1963) as Davala Unawa
  • Dr. Kildare (1961) as Irene Rush
  • The Outer Limits (1963) as Dr. Julia Harrison
  • Medical Center (1969) as Dr. Marylou Neeley
  • The Flip Wilson Show (1970) as Self
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966) as Self - Wife
  • Breaking Point (1963)
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957) as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
  • The Landlord (1970) as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
  • A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Beneatha Younger
  • Ensign Pulver (1964) as Mila
  • Doctors' Wives (1971) as Helen Straughn
  • Willie Dynamite (1974) as Cora
  • Free to Be… You and Me (1974) as Self (uncredited)
  • Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) as Club Hostess (uncredited)
  • Caribbean (1952) as Native Woman (uncredited)
  • Four Boys and a Gun (1957) as (uncredited)
  • Carib Gold (1956) as Bar Girl
  • Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974) as Laura Lewis
  • An Affair of the Skin (1963) as Janice
  • Georgia, Georgia (1972) as Georgia Martin
  • Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) as Self (archive footage)