What is Diana Sands?
[[File:Diana Sands in A Raisin in the Sun trailer.jpg|right|200px]] '''Diana Patricia Sands'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-DcDAAAAMBAJ&dq=diana+patricia+sands&pg=PA34 Jet, May 21, 1970]</ref> (August 22, 1934{{spaced ndash}}September 21, 1973) was an American actress. She was best known for her role of Beneatha Younger, the sister of [[Sidney Poitier]]'s character in the original stage and movie versions of [[Lorraine Hansberry]]'s ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' (1961). Sands was born in [[New York City]]. Sanders died on September 21, 1973 of [[leiomyosarcoma]] in New York City, aged 39. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sands, Diana}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:1973 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from leiomyosarcoma]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] {{US-actor-stub}}