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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.
Filmography
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
The Masked Saint (2016)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Peeples (2013)
Diary of a Single Mom (2009)
Back to You (2007)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Whoopi (2003)
Half & Half (2002)
The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
Strong Medicine (2000)
Soul Food (2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
The Courage to Love (2000)
Jackie's Back! (1999)
The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
Ellen (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Sunday in Paris (1991)
Sunday in Paris (1991)
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Murder in Black and White (1990)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
A Different World (1987)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Sister, Sister (1982)
Dynasty (1981)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Death Scream (1975)
Dinah! (1974)
Claudine (1974)
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)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Paris Blues (1961)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Naked City (1958)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1935-07-17
Deathday2019-10-04 (84 years old)
Birth NameCarol Diahann Johnson
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
ReligionBaptists
RelationshipsMonte Kay (1956 - 1963), Vic Damone (1987 - 1996), Sidney Poitier (1959 - 1968), David Frost (1970 - 1973)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCarol Diahann Johnson
Awardshonorary degree from Spelman College, Lucy Award, Crystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
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