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.

Filmography

• 1974Honeybaby, Honeybaby — Laura Lewis
• 1974Willie Dynamite — Cora
• 1972Georgia, Georgia — Georgia Martin
• 1971Doctors' Wives — Helen Straughn
• 1970The Landlord — Francine "Fanny" Johnson
• Medical Center — Dr. Marylou Neeley
• 1964Ensign Pulver — Mila
• 1963An Affair of the Skin — Janice
• Breaking Point
• The Fugitive — Davala Unawa
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Julia Harrison
• 1961A Raisin in the Sun — Beneatha Younger
• Dr. Kildare — Irene Rush
• 1959Odds Against Tomorrow — Club Hostess (uncredited)
• 1957A Face in the Crowd — Homeless Woman (uncredited)
• 1957Four Boys and a Gun — (uncredited)
• 1956Carib Gold — Bar Girl
• 1952Caribbean — Native Woman (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2018Poitier's Walter Lee — Self (archive footage)
• 1974Free to Be… You and Me — Self (uncredited)
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• ABC Stage 67 — Self - Wife