Diana Sands and Alan Alda on the February 1965 cover of @EBONYmag. They starred in the original Broadway production of “The Owl and the Pussycat” in 1964. The two-character play was originally written for white actors and after Diana originated the Broadway role, Japanese-American actress/singer Pat Suzuki starred in the national tour. Barbra Streisand, of course, would go on to star in the film version.
Diana said of her role at the time, “This is the first Broadway play in which I was cast as a person, rather than a racial type. I love doing it. When it’s over, the owl and the pussycat leave hand in hand to dance by the light of the moon.”
Diana Sands as Adelaide Smith in “Tiger Tiger Burning Bright,” 1962. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Diana Sands in the 1972 poster for the film, Georgia, Georgia. The screenplay was written by Maya Angelou.
Diana Sands and Alan Alda on the February 1965 cover of Ebony magazine. They starred in the original Broadway production of “The Owl and the Pussycat” in 1964. The two-character play was originally written for white actors and after Diana originated the Broadway role, Japanese-American actress/singer Pat Suzuki starred in the national tour. Barbra Streisand, of course, would go on to star in the film version.
Diana said of her role at the time, “This is the first Broadway play in which I was cast as a person, rather than a racial type. I love doing it. When it’s over, the owl and the pussycat leave hand in hand to dance by the light of the moon.”
Diana Sands in a 1968 Simplicity ad.
Actress Janet MacLachlan in the 1960s. Born in Harlem in 1933 to Jamaican immigrants, Ms. MacLachlan graduated from Hunter College in 1955 with a degree in psychology. There, she studied drama in a private class taught by Sidney Poitier. She began her theater career as an understudy for Cicely Tyson in two productions, including Jean Genet’s “The Blacks: A Clown Show.” She also starred in “Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright” on Broadway along with Diana Sands, Ellen Holly and other fine actors. Her television and film work included “The Mod Squad,” “I Spy,” and “Sounder,” where she played Camille Johnson, a compassionate schoolteacher who encourages a sharecropper’s son with his education. Ms. MachLachlan died in Los Angeles on October 11, 2010.
Diana Sands and Roger Furman in a publicity still from the 1972 film, Georgia, Georgia.
Diana Sands in the 1972 poster for the film, Georgia, Georgia. The screenplay was written by Maya Angelou.
Diana Sands as Adelaide Smith in “Tiger Tiger Burning Bright,” 1962. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
