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Diana Sands is a member of Actress After Raisin in the Sun, Sands was then offered subsequent film roles, but her refusal to be typecast subjected her to less prestigious parts. Other Works Diana Sands, the first black actress to be cast in a major Broadway play without regard to color, was born in New York City in 1934 to Rudolph Thomas, a carpenter, and Shirley Sands, a milliner.

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In 1974 she starred in Willie Dynamite and Honeybaby, Honeybaby, and was set to star in the film Claudine with James Earl Jones.

[14] Due to her aggressive illness, Sands was unable to film and suggested to producers that her longtime friend Diahann Carroll replace her in the film;[15] in which Carroll was selected. Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Drama Performance. She was twice nominated for a Tony Award, and twice nominated for an Emmy Award as well. Sands’ was spared from becoming a permanent keypunch operator at Con Edison with the 1957 role in "Land Beyond the River". For her early education, Sands attended elementary school in Elmsford, New York.

She also appeared in a number of dramatic television series in the 1960s and 1970s such as I Spy, as Davala Unawa in the 1967 The Fugitive episode “Dossier on a Diplomat”, Dr. Harrison in the Outer Limits episode “The Mice”, and Julia. Diana Sands was twice nominated for a Tony Award, and twice nominated for an Emmy Award as well. Unfortunately, she had died by the time the ABC Afterschool Special had begun production and her previously recorded vocal track was not selected for inclusion.

At the time of her death, Sands was engaged to Kurt Baker, who was an assistant film director. Afterwards, she was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery & Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York. She was married to Lucien Happersberger. It is no small irony that the genre itself was passing around the time of her death in 1978. “Diana Sands In Death Struggle With Cancer,” Jet, October 4, After graduating from high school, Sands performed as a dancer while seeking work on Broadway. For her work, Sands was twice nominated for a Tony Award and twice nominated for an Emmy Award.[5]. Sands was married once and had no children. Diana Sands, (born Aug. 22, 1934, New York City, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 21, 1973, New York City, N ... (England, 1966), and both Tony and Emmy nominations before her untimely death. Diana Sands was born on August 22, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA as Diana Patricia Sands. Diana Patricia Sands[3] (August 22, 1934 – September 21, 1973) 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 (1961).