Diahann Carroll
Acting
Born 1935-07-17
Died 2019-10-04
Bronx, New York, USA
109 credits
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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.
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Grey's Anatomy
Roots: The Next Generations
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Golden Globe Awards
White Collar
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Dynasty
The Dick Cavett Show
Strong Medicine
What's My Line?
The Merv Griffin Show
Touched by an Angel
The Red Skelton Show
Peter Gunn
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Intimate Portrait
Naked City
The Carol Burnett Show
Ellen
The Steve Allen Show
The Oscars
A Different World
Dinah!
The Bob Hope Show
Reading Rainbow
Twice in a Lifetime
The Ed Sullivan Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Half & Half
The Legend of Tarzan
The Danny Kaye Show
Burke's Law
Julia
The Bell Telephone Hour
The Colbys
The Hollywood Palace
DuPont Show of the Month
The Flip Wilson Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
ABC Stage 67
The Sonny and Cher Show
Whoopi
The Julie Andrews Hour
Soul Food
Back to You
Sidney
The Judy Garland Show
The Court
Eve's Bayou
The Big Show
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Carmen Jones
Paris Blues
Goodbye Again
Light Girls
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Peeples
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