Diahann Carroll
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-07-17
Place of birth
Bronx, New York, USA
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Cast
Porgy and Bess
1959
6.10
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998
0.00
The Split
1968
6.70
Paris Blues
1961
6.50
The Five Heartbeats
1991
7.37
Eve's Bayou
1997
6.30
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
7.60
The Front
2010
5.60
At Risk
2010
4.50
The Beatles Forever
1977
0.00
Carmen Jones
1954
6.00
The Courage to Love
2000
6.40
Peeples
2013
5.60
Claudine
1974
7.10
Sing Your Song
2012
6.90
Hurry Sundown
1967
6.40
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
4.20
The Sweetest Gift
1998
5.00
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
0.00
Light Girls
2015
10.00
Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.50
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
The Masked Saint
2016
5.60
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
3.40
Goodbye Again
1961
7.11
Sister, Sister
1982
0.00
From the Dead of Night
1989
5.50
The Best of Broadway
1985
0.00
Murder in Black and White
1990
0.00
Sunday in Paris
1991
0.00
Color Adjustment
1992
6.90
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.99
Death Scream
1975
6.60
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
4.00
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
0.00
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
0.00
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.67
Jackie's Back!
1999
6.86
