Cast & creator
Diana Sands
Best known for The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, Medical Center
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.
Also known as: Diana Patricia Sands
15
film credits
7
television credits
22
1952–2018 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (22)
Showing 22 of 22 credits
The Fugitive
Davala Unawa
1963
Dr. Kildare
Irene Rush
1961
Medical Center
Dr. Marylou Neeley
1969
The Outer Limits
Dr. Julia Harrison
1963
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
ABC Stage 67
Self - Wife
1966
Breaking Point
1963
A Face in the Crowd
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1957
A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger
1961
Odds Against Tomorrow
Club Hostess (uncredited)
1959
Free to Be… You and Me
Self (uncredited)
1974
The Landlord
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
1970
Ensign Pulver
Mila
1964
Four Boys and a Gun
(uncredited)
1957
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Laura Lewis
1974
Doctors' Wives
Helen Straughn
1971
Willie Dynamite
Cora
1974
Carib Gold
Bar Girl
1956
An Affair of the Skin
Janice
1963
Caribbean
Native Woman (uncredited)
1952
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2018
Georgia, Georgia
Georgia Martin
1972