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.
Known for
Credits
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
as Elzora
Paris Blues (1961)
as Connie Lampson
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
as Mermeia
Hurry Sundown (1967)
as Vivian Thurlow
One More Time (1974)
as Self
The Split (1968)
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Carmen Jones (1954)
as Myrt
The Front (2010)
as Nana
Goodbye Again (1961)
as Nightclub Singer
Claudine (1974)
as Claudine Price
Jackie's Back! (1999)
as Diahann Carroll
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
At Risk (2010)
as Nana
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
as Eleanor Potter
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Peeples (2013)
as Nana Peeples
Porgy and Bess (1959)
as Clara
Death Scream (1975)
as Betty May
Sidney (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
Light Girls (2015)
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as (archive footage)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
as Narrator
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
as Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love (2000)
as Pouponne
The Strolling '20s (1966)
as Self
Sister, Sister (1982)
as Carolyne Lovejoy
Color Adjustment (1992)
as Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
as Vivian
The Masked Saint (2016)
as Ms. Edna
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Diahann Carroll
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
as Lydia Bishop
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
as Sadie Delany
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
as Self
Sing Your Song (2012)
as Self
From the Dead of Night (1989)
as Maggie
Murder in Black and White (1990)
as Margo Stover
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
The Best of Broadway (1985)
as Herself
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
as Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Diary of a Single Mom (2009)
as Therapist
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
as Self
The Sweetest Gift (1998)
as Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (1998)
as Self
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
as Self (archival footage)
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
as Maria Cole
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968)
as Self - Singer
Sunday in Paris (1991)
as Vernetta Chase
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 (1983)
Actor
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
as Self
The Beatles Forever (1977)
as Self