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Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings.

Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of an interracial diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty.

Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the 1974 film Claudine. She was also a breast cancer survivor and activist.

  • BIRTH 17/07/1935
  • DEATH 04/10/2019
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 13
  • MOVIES 18

Shows (13)

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Jane Burke
White Collar
White Collar
June / June Ellington / Young James
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Roxy Blue
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
Dynasty
Dynasty
Dominique Devereaux
A Different World
A Different World
Marion Gilbert
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
Zeona Haley
Soul Food
Soul Food
Aunt Ruthie
Back to You
Back to You
Sandra Jenkins
The DuPont Show Of The Month
The DuPont Show Of The Month
Self
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Self - Performer / Self - Presenter
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Self / Self - Guest

Movies (18)

Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia Holographic Wow
Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Paris Blues
Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
At Risk
At Risk
Nana
The Split
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Claudine
Claudine
Claudine Price
The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
Peeples
Peeples
Nana Peeples
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vivian
From the Dead of Night
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to…
Self (archive footage)
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Myrt
The Masked Saint
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
The Courage to Love
The Courage to Love
Pouponne
The Front
The Front
Nana