Diahann Carroll

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

116

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

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • White Collar

    White Collar

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend of Tarzan

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Flip Wilson Show

    The Flip Wilson Show

  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Twice in a Lifetime

  • Half & Half

    Half & Half

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • The Colbys

    The Colbys

  • The Sonny and Cher Show

    The Sonny and Cher Show

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • The Star Wars Holiday Special

    The Star Wars Holiday Special

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Masked Saint

    The Masked Saint

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • At Risk

    At Risk

  • Whoopi

    Whoopi

  • Soul Food

    Soul Food

  • The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

  • Back to You

    Back to You

  • Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

    Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

  • The Julie Andrews Hour

    The Julie Andrews Hour

  • Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

  • Claudine

    Claudine

  • Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • Jackie's Back!

    Jackie's Back!

  • Death Scream

    Death Scream

  • The Court

    The Court

  • The Sweetest Gift

    The Sweetest Gift

  • The Split

    The Split

  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

  • How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

  • Diary of a Single Mom

    Diary of a Single Mom

  • Sunday in Paris

    Sunday in Paris

  • The Beatles Forever

    The Beatles Forever

  • Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

    Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

  • Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

    Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

  • From the Dead of Night

    From the Dead of Night

  • The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show

  • The Big Show

    The Big Show

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

  • Carmen Jones

    Carmen Jones

  • Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

  • The Five Heartbeats

    The Five Heartbeats

  • Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

    Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

  • Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

  • The Courage to Love

    The Courage to Love

  • Murder in Black and White

    Murder in Black and White

  • Sing Your Song

    Sing Your Song

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

    Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

  • The Front

    The Front

  • Peeples

    Peeples

  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

  • Motown 40: The Music is Forever

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

  • NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

  • Eve's Bayou

    Eve's Bayou

  • Not Only... But Also

    Not Only... But Also

  • Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

    Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

    Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

  • Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

  • Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

    Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

  • Light Girls

    Light Girls

  • Chance Of A Lifetime

    Chance Of A Lifetime

  • Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

  • The Best of Broadway

    The Best of Broadway

  • Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing

    Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing

  • Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

    Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story