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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 β 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.
Filmography
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TV Shows 52
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How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
The Masked Saint (2016)
Light Girls (2015)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Jazz Divas Gold (2013)
Peeples (2013)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky (2012)
Sing Your Song (2012)
Oprah's Master Class (2011)
The Front (2010)
At Risk (2010)
White Collar (2009)
Diary of a Single Mom (2009)
Back to You (2007)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Half & Half (2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
The Court (2002)
The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
Soul Food (2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
The Courage to Love (2000)
Twice in a Lifetime (1999)
Jackie's Back! (1999)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Motown 40: The Music is Forever (1998)
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Color Adjustment (1992)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Sunday in Paris (1991)
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Murder in Black and White (1990)
From the Dead of Night (1989)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
A Different World (1987)
The Colbys (1985)
The Best of Broadway (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Sister, Sister (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Dynasty (1981)
The Big Show (1980)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
The Beatles Forever (1977)
The Love Boat (1977)
Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
The Sonny & Cher Show (1976)
Death Scream (1975)
Claudine (1974)
The Julie Andrews Hour (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968)
The Split (1968)
Julia (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
ABC Stage 67 (1966)
The Strolling '20s (1966)
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966)
Not Only... But Also (1964)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Paris Blues (1961)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Naked City (1958)
Peter Gunn (1958)
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Chance Of A Lifetime (1952)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1935-07-17
Deathday2019-10-04 (84 years old)
Birth NameCarol Diahann Johnson
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States of America
ReligionBaptists
RelationshipsMonte Kay (1956-01-01 - 1963-01-01), Vic Damone (1987-01-01 - 1996-01-01), Sidney Poitier (1959-01-01 - 1968-01-01), David Frost (1970-01-01 - 1973-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCarol Diahann Johnson
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress β Television Series Musical or Comedy, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, honorary degree from Spelman College, Lucy Award, Crystal Award
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