Diahann Carroll
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
Jane Burke
White Collar
June
The Love Boat
Roxy Blue
Great Performances
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
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Dynasty
Dominique Devereaux
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter/Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host
Strong Medicine
Eve Morton
Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
A Different World
Marion Gilbert
Intimate Portrait
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Roots: The Next Generations
Zeona Haley
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Dinah!
Self
Naked City
Ruby Jay
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lydia Bishop
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Ellen
Diahann Carroll
The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
Peter Gunn
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
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The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Crow (voice)
Burke's Law
Grace Gibson
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
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At Risk
Nana
The Danny Kaye Show
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Half & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Twice in a Lifetime
Jael
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Narrator
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Julia
Julia Baker
The Colbys
Murder in Black and White
Margo Stover
The Sonny and Cher Show
The Flip Wilson Show
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The Courage to Love
Pouponne
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
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The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Diary of a Single Mom
Therapist
The Hollywood Palace
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
Mo' Better Blues
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Soul Food
Aunt Ruthie
The Beatles Forever
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Back to You
Sandra Jenkins
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
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ABC Stage 67
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Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
DuPont Show of the Month
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Whoopi
Viveca Rae
The Front
Nana
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Claudine
Claudine Price
The Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson
The Court
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
Peeples
Nana Peeples
Carmen Jones
Myrt
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vivian
Light Girls
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Sunday in Paris
Vernetta Chase
The Judy Garland Show
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
The Big Show
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Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Sister, Sister
Carolyne Lovejoy
Night of 100 Stars
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Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
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Not Only... But Also
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Porgy and Bess
Clara
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
The Best of Broadway
Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
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Color Adjustment
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Sing Your Song
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Death Scream
Betty May
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany
The Strolling '20s
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Diahann Carroll
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Self - Singer
Chance Of A Lifetime
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Red Skelton Show
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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The Bob Hope Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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