Diana Sands
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Diana Patricia Sands 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 Lor
Photograph of Sands taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1963
As Beneatha Younger with Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier in the Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, 1959.
Sands in the trailer to A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Diahann Carroll
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Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in 1962
Diana Sands
…Elmsford, New York, she enrolled in 1949 at the Music & Art High School (now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School), where she was a classmate of Diahann Carroll and Billy Dee Williams. While there, Sands received her first role in a school production of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. After graduating in…
Publicity photo, 1976
Carroll, by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
Carroll and Sammy Davis Jr. on The Hollywood Palace, 1968
Carroll with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and other stars at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" in Washington, D.C.