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

The Fugitive
1967
Dr. Kildare
1966
Medical Center
1971
The Outer Limits
1964
The Flip Wilson Show
1972
ABC Stage 67
1967
Breaking Point
1964
A Face in the Crowd
1957
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
The Landlord
1970

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
as Laura Lewis
1974
Willie Dynamite
as Cora
1974
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1972
Georgia, Georgia
as Georgia Martin
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1971
Doctors' Wives
as Helen Straughn
1971
Medical Center
as Dr. Marylou Neeley
1970
The Landlord
as Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1967
The Fugitive
as Davala Unawa
1967
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Wife
1966
Dr. Kildare
as Irene Rush
1964
Ensign Pulver
as Mila
1964
Breaking Point
1964
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Julia Harrison
1963
An Affair of the Skin
as Janice
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Beneatha Younger
1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Club Hostess (uncredited)
1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
Four Boys and a Gun
as (uncredited)
1956
Carib Gold
as Bar Girl
1952
Caribbean
as Native Woman (uncredited)