Diahann Carroll
Acting
🎂 1935-07-17
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.
Cast credits(116)
Jane Burke
2005
Self
1962
Roxy Blue
1977
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
1961
June
2009
Dominique Devereaux
1981
Self - Performer
1956
Self - Presenter/Performer
1956
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Host
1956
Self - Co-Host
1956
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1944
Self
1971
Eve Morton
2000
Ruby Jay
1958
Marion Gilbert
1987
Diahann Carroll
1994
Grace Willis
1994
Self
1967
Self
1951
1958
Self
1993
Self
1953
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Queen La (voice)
2001
Self
1962
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1950
Self
1974
Self
1970
Jael
1999
Grace Gibson
1994
Crow (voice)
1995
Grandma Ruth Thorne
2002
Self - Guest
1956
Self - Singer
1956
1985
Self
1963
Self
1966
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
1957
Self
1957
Julia Baker
1968
Vivian Thurlow
1967
Self - Singer
1964
Self
1964
Nana
2010
Mermeia
1978
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Betty Hemings
2000
Lydia Bishop
1994
Aunt Ruthie
2000
Elzora
1997
Self
1959
Zeona Haley
1979
Self
1954
2002
Nana
2010
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
1990
Self
1972
Self
1977
1976
Mrs. Wilson
1998
Pouponne
2000
Eleanor Potter
1991
Sandra Jenkins
2007
Viveca Rae
2003
Ms. Edna
2016
Self
1986
Nightclub Singer
1961
Self
1964
Self
1982
Myrt
1954
Self
1992
Self
1963
Diahann Carroll
1988
Self
1988
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
1998
Maggie
1989
Self (archival footage)
2021
Diahann Carroll
1999
Vivian
1979
Self (archive footage)
1970
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1968
Connie Lampson
1961
Betty May
1975
Claudine Price
1974
Self
2013
Self
1985
Self
2012
Therapist
2009
(archive footage)
2004
Self
1980
Vernetta Chase
1991
Narrator
1995
Betty Hemings
2000
Self
2015
Margo Stover
1990
Clara
1959
Nana Peeples
2013
Herself
1985
Self
2002
Sadie Delany
1999
1953
Self
1976
Carolyne Lovejoy
1982
1952
Maria Cole
2000
Self
1998
Self - Singer
1968