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