Diahann Carroll
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-07-17
Day of Death
2019-10-04 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Diahann Carroll
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
(2021)
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
(2016)
The Masked Saint
as Ms. Edna
(2015)
Light Girls
as Self
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Peeples
as Nana Peeples
(2013)
(2012)
Sing Your Song
as Self
(2010)
The Front
as Nana
(2010)
At Risk
as Nana
(2009)
Diary of a Single Mom
as Therapist
(2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
(2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2000)
The Courage to Love
as Pouponne
(2000)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Betty Hemings
(2000)
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
as Maria Cole
(1999)
Jackie's Back!
as Diahann Carroll
(1999)
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Sadie Delany
(1998)
(1998)
The Sweetest Gift
as Mrs. Wilson
(1998)
(1997)
Eve's Bayou
as Elzora
(1995)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as Narrator
(1994)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Lydia Bishop
(1992)
Color Adjustment
as Self
(1991)
The Five Heartbeats
as Eleanor Potter
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1991)
Sunday in Paris
as Vernetta Chase
(1990)
Mo' Better Blues
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
(1990)
Murder in Black and White
as Margo Stover
(1989)
From the Dead of Night
as Maggie
(1988)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Diahann Carroll
(1988)
(1986)
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
The Best of Broadway
as Herself
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Sister, Sister
as Carolyne Lovejoy
(1979)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Vivian
(1978)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Mermeia
(1977)
The Beatles Forever
as Self
(1976)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
(1975)
Death Scream
as Betty May
(1974)
Claudine
as Claudine Price
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
The Split
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
(1968)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
as Self - Singer
(1968)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
Hurry Sundown
as Vivian Thurlow
(1961)
Goodbye Again
as Nightclub Singer
(1961)
Paris Blues
as Connie Lampson
(1959)
Porgy and Bess
as Clara
(1954)
Carmen Jones
as Myrt