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

Free to Be… You and Me

Self (uncredited)

An Affair of the Skin

Janice

Odds Against Tomorrow

Club Hostess (uncredited)

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)

A Face in the Crowd

Homeless Woman (uncredited)

Willie Dynamite

Cora

Honeybaby, Honeybaby

Laura Lewis

Caribbean

Native Woman (uncredited)