Diahann Carroll
Acting
Born: 1935-07-17 in 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
Grey's Anatomy
Jane Burke
White Collar
June
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
The Love Boat
Roxy Blue
Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Dynasty
Dominique Devereaux
The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
Carmen Jones
Myrt
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
The Oscars
Self
A Different World
Marion Gilbert
Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Peeples
Nana Peeples
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Ellen
Diahann Carroll
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sidney
Self (archive footage)
Claudine
Claudine Price
Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
Roots: The Next Generations
Zeona Haley
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Porgy and Bess
Clara
Half & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne
Peter Gunn
Great Performances
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
At Risk
Nana
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self
The Front
Nana
The Red Skelton Show
Self