Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger

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Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger refers to the acclaimed stage and screen performance by actress Diana Sands in the role of the ambitious, idealistic younger sister in the 1961 film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal ⓘ
filmPerformance ⓘ
stagePerformance ⓘ
appearsInFilm A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) ⓘ
associatedTheme AfricanHeritage ⓘ
AmericanDream ⓘ
genderRoles ⓘ
racialIdentity ⓘ
basedOnPlayBy Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
basedOnWork A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
character Beneatha Younger ⓘ
characterOccupationAspiration doctor ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
coStarsInFilm Claudia McNeil ⓘ
Louis Gossett Jr. ⓘ
Ruby Dee ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
countryOfProduction United States ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimedPerformance ⓘ
culturalSignificance milestoneAfricanAmericanScreenRole ⓘ
familyRelationInStory auntOfTravisYounger ⓘ
daughterOfLenaYounger ⓘ
youngerSisterOfWalterLeeYounger ⓘ
linked to: Ruth Younger
filmDirector Daniel Petrie ⓘ
filmFormat blackAndWhite ⓘ
filmScreenwriter Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
socialDrama ⓘ
influenced laterPortrayalsOfBlackWomenInDrama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
narrativeFunction challengesTraditionalValues ⓘ
embodiesYoungerGenerationPerspective ⓘ
notableFor portrayalOfAfricanAmericanFemaleAmbition ⓘ
representationOfBlackIntellectualIdentity ⓘ
originalPlayPremiereYear 1959 ⓘ
partOfFranchise A Raisin in the Sun adaptations ⓘ
portrayedBy Diana Sands ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseYearOfFilmVersion 1961 ⓘ
roleType supportingRole ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

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A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) → characterPortrayed → Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger ⓘ