Diahann Carroll profile
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Diahann Carroll

17th July 1935 Bronx, New York, USA Acting

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.

53 Movies 59 TV Shows 117 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sidney poster
Sidney 10th September 2022 as Self (archive footage)
The Split poster
The Split 4th November 1968 as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Whoopi poster
Whoopi 9th September 2003 as Viveca Rae
Ellen poster
Ellen 29th March 1994 as Diahann Carroll
Dynasty poster
Dynasty 12th January 1981 as Dominique Devereaux
Julia poster
Julia 17th September 1968 as Julia Baker
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Presenter / Performer