Diahann Carroll
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Born: July 17, 1935
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archival footage)
as Ms. Edna
as Self
as Nana Peeples
as Self
as Nana
as Nana
as June
as Therapist
as Sandra Jenkins
as Jane Burke
as (archive footage)
as Viveca Rae
as Grandma Ruth Thorne
as Self
as Queen La (voice)
as Maria Cole
as Eve Morton
as Aunt Ruthie
as Betty Hemings
as Betty Hemings
as Pouponne
as Jael
as Diahann Carroll
as Sadie Delany
as Mrs. Wilson
as Elzora
as Crow (voice)
as Narrator
as Grace Willis
as Lydia Bishop
as Diahann Carroll
as Grace Gibson
as Self
as Self
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Vernetta Chase
as Eleanor Potter
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
as Margo Stover
as Maggie
as Diahann Carroll
as Marion Gilbert
as Herself
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Carolyne Lovejoy
as Self
as Dominique Devereaux
as Self
as Vivian
as Zeona Haley
as Mermeia
as Self
as Roxy Blue
as Self
as Betty May
as Self
as Claudine Price
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Singer
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
as Julia Baker
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Vivian Thurlow
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Connie Lampson
as Nightclub Singer
as Clara
as Self
as Ruby Jay
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Singer
as Self - Performer
as Self - Presenter/Performer
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Self - Co-Host
as Myrt
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Presenter
as Self