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Diana Sands

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American actress (1934-1973)

United StatesActorsLived 1934 to 1973 · aged 39
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Diana Patricia Sands was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character, Walter, in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959).

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As Beneatha Younger with Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier in the Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, 1959.As Beneatha Younger with Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier in the Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, 1959.Sands gives a speech at the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam in New York City, October 15, 1969Sands gives a speech at the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam in New York City, October 15, 1969Sands in the trailer to A Raisin in the Sun (1961)Sands in the trailer to A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Filmography 15

A Face in the Crowd1957 · ★ 7.6
A Raisin in the Sun1961 · ★ 7.7
Odds Against Tomorrow1959 · ★ 6.8
The Landlord1970 · ★ 5.9
Willie Dynamite1974
Doctors' Wives1971
Ensign Pulver1964
Free to Be… You and Me1974
Four Boys and a Gun1957
Caribbean1952
Georgia, Georgia1972
Honeybaby, Honeybaby1974
Carib Gold1956
An Affair of the Skin1963
Poitier's Walter Lee2018

22 credits on file

Television 7

The Fugitive1963
The Outer Limits1963
Dr. Kildare1961
Medical Center1969
The Flip Wilson Show1970
ABC Stage 671966
Breaking Point1963

Awards 1

1963Theatre World Award

Connected to Diana 6

Carmen De LavalladeAlso in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)Will LeeAlso in An Affair of the Skin (1963)Dick GautierAlso in Ensign Pulver (1964)Claudia McNeilAlso in A Raisin in the Sun (1961)Budd SchulbergAlso in A Face in the Crowd (1957)Anne SeymourAlso in Four Boys and a Gun (1957)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 1973 · aged 39
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10 languages

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