Los Angeles Times file photo
As a few people noticed, the photo of Sugar Ray Robinson, Diana Sands and Diahann Carroll has been altered. Here's a detail shot: There was a time when cutting and pasting a photo was considered an art, believe it or not. Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Diana Sands in "Doctors' Wives." Here's another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Eve Golden, Carmen, Sonny King, Atriana, Bernard in NYC, Jeff Comstock, Barbara Klein, Elsie, Pamela Porter, R. Ahuna, Mary Mallory, Vanessa Carey, Edward Cradduck and Sam O'Neal for correctly identifying her! Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Diana Sands and Diahann Carroll in "Julia." Here's another photo of our mystery woman with a mystery companion. So many people have identified her that I can't list them all. Congratulations! Los Angeles Times file photo
Update: Diana Sands in "Georgia, Georgia, 1972. And here's another picture of our mystery woman! |
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Perry Blackwell?
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Is she Diana Sands?
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Diana Lewis?
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The great Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands
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Dianne Carroll
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Dianne Carroll?
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Isabel Sanford.
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Leontine Price
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Lorraine Hansbury?
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Florence Ballard?
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Its the wonderful actress Diana Sands-
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That’s Diana Sands, who appeared in both the stage and film versions of “A Raisin in the Sun” in 1959. Sadly, in 1973 she died of cancer, at age 39.
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Jo Marie Payton
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It’s Diana Sands. What do I win!?!
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The late, great Diana Sands.
(I hope this goes through; it seems that my first attempt didn’t.)
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Is it Diana Sands?
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Madge Sinclair
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Diana Sands?
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands.
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mystery photo is Diana Sands.
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Ja’net DuBois
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Looks like Diana Sands who died young in the early seventies.
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Dionne Warwick
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Diana Sands?
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Diana Sands
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Diane Sands – thaks for the clue with the name tag…
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands – the picture is from Doctors Wives
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Didn’t see my name or comment, but I’m pretty sure it’s Diana Sands. Maybe it didn’t go through last night. Or maybe I haven’t figured out how this works. Lol
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Diana Sands?
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Diana Sands
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Altovise Davis?
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I wouldn’t have recognized her otherwise, but the nameplate “Helen Straughn” makes it easy to deduce in the internet age. “Doctors’ Wives” (1971) starring Richard Crenna, with Diana Sands as Helen Straughn.
It’s very sad to learn she died so young. She had a great smile.
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You shouldn’t have put in the picture with the name tag! One google search later … Diana Sands!
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Diana Sands
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Ketty Lester
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Diana Sands
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I could have sworn it was Weezieeeee, but my next guess would be Shirley Bassey.
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Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands
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Diane Sands
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Diane Sands
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Diana Sands – starred in a raisin in the sun as Sidney Potier younger sister
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Julia!
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Is it Diana Sands?
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands.
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Diana Sand
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This is the beautiful Diana Sands of A Raisin in the Sun who died much too young.
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This is Diana Sands
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Leontyne Price
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Diana Sands
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Jessye Norman
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DIANA SANDS
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Dianne Sands.
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I think its Isabel Sanford.
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JoMarie Payton
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands?
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Maxine Waters
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Diana Sands
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Rosalind Cash
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This is a picture of Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands (the most beautiful actress, who died of cancer before she was 40)
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Mystery Photo: Actress Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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The actress is Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Leslie Uggams
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Actress Diana Sands
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Diana Ross
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands?
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natalie cole
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Jennifer Lewis
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Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands
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Shirley Ralph
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands, though she didn’t play at the Vegas hotel named for her.
How did I know? Traced the character name on her uniform. Once had a crush on her too. How quickly I forgot.
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands!
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Diana Sands shown playing a nurse in the movie ‘Doctor’s Wives’
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Altovise Davis, I think
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Altovise Davis
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diahann Carol
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DIANA SANDS
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Diana Sands
She was in “Raisin in the Sun” with Sidney Poiter.
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Jenifer Lewis
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little Richard
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The actress’ name is Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands.
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Diahann Carroll from the tv show Julia
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Barbara McNair?
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Diana Sands!
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands. I remembered her from the movie ‘The Landlord’ with Jeff Brigdes.
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This is a wonderful actress, the late Diana Sands, who died at the age of thirty-nine of cancer.
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Diana Sands
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Dianna Sands/
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Diana Sands
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the actress is Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands from Raisin in the Sun?
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Roxie Roker? I can’t place the scene but that smile looks familiar.
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Diana Sands! She died way too young.
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Dianne Carroll as the mystery guest…
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Well, as I said that’s the beautiful Diana Sands and here she’s shown with her real life, good friend Diahann Carroll sporting some serious eyelashes.
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Ms. Diana Sands
Third photo with mystery person is
Ms. Diana Sands and Ms. Dianne Carrol
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Diana Sands.
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The second photo shows Sands in Doctors’ Wives. The last photo is of course she with Diahann Carroll in Julia.
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Diana Sands, pictured with Diahann Carroll.
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Diana Sands and Dianne Carroll, of course. Just had to get my 2 cents in.
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Diana Sands is the mystery photo and the companion photo is Diahann Carroll
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Okay, you can’t make it much easier than that. The mystery star is Diana Sands and your final clue with Diahann Carroll leaves no doubt.
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It’s Diana Sands, a great talent.
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
The hint was the name tag Helen Straughn.
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Diana Sands. A wonderful actress who dies of cancer at age 39.
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That is Diana Sands.
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Diana Sands
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Diana Sands
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Mystery man is Sugar Ray Robinson; photo has been cut up and taped together for space; women almost look like twins–but does that qualify as “unusual”?
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it is 2 different photos spliced together
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