Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger

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fictionalCharacterPortrayal filmPerformance stagePerformance

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) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTheme AfricanHeritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
AmericanDream ⓘ
genderRoles ⓘ
racialIdentity ⓘ
basedOnPlayBy Lorraine Hansberry NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWork A Raisin in the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Beneatha Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterOccupationAspiration doctor ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
coStarsInFilm Claudia McNeil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louis Gossett Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruby Dee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfProduction United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimedPerformance ⓘ
culturalSignificance milestoneAfricanAmericanScreenRole ⓘ
familyRelationInStory auntOfTravisYounger ⓘ
daughterOfLenaYounger ⓘ
youngerSisterOfWalterLeeYounger NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmDirector Daniel Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat blackAndWhite ⓘ
filmScreenwriter Lorraine Hansberry NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Diana Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYearOfFilmVersion 1961 ⓘ
roleType supportingRole ⓘ
setting Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

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