Diahann Carroll
ActingDiahann 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
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Claudine
Claudine Price
Filmography — Acting
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Claudine
Claudine Price
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sidney
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Carmen Jones
Myrt
At Risk
Nana
The Front
Nana
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
Peeples
Nana Peeples
Death Scream
Betty May
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lydia Bishop
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Porgy and Bess
Clara
Light Girls
Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vivian
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
Murder in Black and White
Margo Stover
The Courage to Love
Pouponne
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole
Sunday in Paris
Vernetta Chase
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Narrator
The Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Diahann Carroll
Diary of a Single Mom
Therapist
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
Sing Your Song
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
Sister, Sister
Carolyne Lovejoy
The Best of Broadway
Herself
Color Adjustment
Self
The Strolling '20s
Self
The Beatles Forever
Self
One More Time
Self
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Self - Singer