Name
Diahann Carroll
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-07-17
Deathday
2019-10-04 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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- 1959 Porgy and Bess as Clara
- 1998 Motown 40: The Music Is Forever as Self
- 1968 The Split as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
- 1961 Paris Blues as Connie Lampson
- 1991 The Five Heartbeats as Eleanor Potter
- 1997 Eve's Bayou as Elzora
- 1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- 2010 The Front as Nana
- 2010 At Risk as Nana
- 1977 The Beatles Forever as Self
- 1954 Carmen Jones as Myrt
- 2000 The Courage to Love as Pouponne
- 2013 Peeples as Nana Peeples
- 1974 Claudine as Claudine Price
- 2012 Sing Your Song as Self
- 2013 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
- 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
- 1967 Hurry Sundown as Vivian Thurlow
- 2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Betty Hemings
- 1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Vivian
- 1994 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle as Lydia Bishop
- 1998 The Sweetest Gift as Mrs. Wilson
- 1988 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Diahann Carroll
- 2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 Light Girls as Self
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Sadie Delany
- 2016 The Masked Saint as Ms. Edna
- 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special as Mermeia
- 1986 Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special as Self
- 1961 Goodbye Again as Nightclub Singer
- 2000 Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story as Maria Cole
- 1968 Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing as Self - Singer
- 1982 Sister, Sister as Carolyne Lovejoy
- 2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage)
- 1989 From the Dead of Night as Maggie
- 1985 The Best of Broadway as Herself
- 1990 Murder in Black and White as Margo Stover
- 1991 Sunday in Paris as Vernetta Chase
- 1992 Color Adjustment as Self
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1975 Death Scream as Betty May
- 2009 Diary of a Single Mom as Therapist
- 2021 How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
- 1976 Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
- 1995 Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale as Narrator
- 1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1999 Jackie's Back! as Diahann Carroll
- 1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1983 Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
- 1966 The Strolling '20s as Self
- 2022 Sidney as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 One More Time as Self
- 1987 A Different World ( 9 episodes ) as Marion Gilbert
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 4 episodes ) as Jane Burke
- 2002 Half & Half ( 1 episode ) as Grandma Ruth Thorne
- 1976 The Sonny and Cher Show ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Roxy Blue
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Grace Willis
- 2001 The Legend of Tarzan ( 3 episodes ) as Queen La (voice)
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Dynasty ( 110 episodes ) as Dominique Devereaux
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Ruby Jay
- 2000 Soul Food ( 2 episodes ) as Aunt Ruthie
- 1985 The Colbys ( 7 episodes )
- 1999 Twice in a Lifetime ( 2 episodes ) as Jael
- 1968 Julia ( 86 episodes ) as Julia Baker
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 Peter Gunn ( 1 episode )
- 1980 The Big Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher ( 1 episode )
- 1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Zeona Haley
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 The Court ( 6 episodes )
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 White Collar ( 25 episodes ) as June
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1952 Chance Of A Lifetime ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 The Judy Garland Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1983 Reading Rainbow ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as Crow (voice)
- 1972 The Julie Andrews Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Grace Gibson
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Not Only... But Also ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2000 Strong Medicine ( 1 episode ) as Eve Morton
- 2007 Back to You ( 1 episode ) as Sandra Jenkins
- 1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal ( 2 episodes ) as Betty Hemings
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1994 Ellen ( 1 episode ) as Diahann Carroll
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 2003 Whoopi ( 1 episode ) as Viveca Rae
- 1971 Great Performances ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter / Performer
