Sands, Diana, 1934-1973

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Diana Patricia Sands (born August 22, 1934, New York City – died September 21, 1973, New York City) was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character, Walter, in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1961).
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referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962. Tom Eyen collection, 1965?-1990?. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
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Birth 1934-08-22

Death 1973-09-21

Active 1965

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