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Diana Sands

Born: 1934-08-22

From: The Bronx, New York, USA

About: 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.


Film credits:

A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
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The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
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A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
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Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
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Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
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Willie Dynamite
Cora
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Georgia, Georgia
Georgia Martin
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Carib Gold
Bar Girl
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An Affair of the Skin
Janice
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Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
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Four Boys and a Gun
(uncredited)
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Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
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Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
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Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited)
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Ensign Pulver
Mila
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