Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 17, 1935
Died
Oct 04, 2019
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Credits
109 titles
Diahann Carroll
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
Filmography
Sidney
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
Light Girls
Self
Peeples
Nana Peeples
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
Sing Your Song
Self
The Front
Nana
At Risk
Nana
White Collar
June
Diary of a Single Mom
Therapist
Back to You
Sandra Jenkins
Grey's Anatomy
Jane Burke
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Whoopi
Viveca Rae
Half & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
The Court
The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole
Strong Medicine
Eve Morton
Soul Food
Aunt Ruthie
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love
Pouponne
Twice in a Lifetime
Jael
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Crow (voice)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Narrator
Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lydia Bishop
Ellen
Diahann Carroll
Burke's Law
Grace Gibson
Intimate Portrait
Self
Color Adjustment
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday in Paris
Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Murder in Black and White
Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Diahann Carroll
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
A Different World
Marion Gilbert
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
The Colbys