Diahann Carroll
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.
Known for
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movieSidney
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021
Self (archival footage)
movieThe Masked Saint
2016
Ms. Edna
moviePeeples
2013
Nana Peeples
movieAt Risk
2010
Nana
movieDiary of a Single Mom
2009
Therapist
tvBack to You
2007
Sandra Jenkins
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Jane Burke
movieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
(archive footage)
tvWhoopi
2003
Viveca Rae
tvHalf & Half
2002
Grandma Ruth Thorne
tvThe Legend of Tarzan
2001
Queen La (voice)
tvStrong Medicine
2000
Eve Morton
tvSoul Food
2000
Aunt Ruthie
movieSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
Betty Hemings
tvSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
Betty Hemings
movieThe Courage to Love
2000
Pouponne
movieJackie's Back!
1999
Diahann Carroll
movieThe Sweetest Gift
1998
Mrs. Wilson
movieEve's Bayou
1997
Elzora
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Grace Willis
tvEllen
1994
Diahann Carroll
tvBurke's Law
1994
Grace Gibson
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSunday in Paris
1991
Vernetta Chase
movieThe Five Heartbeats
1991
Eleanor Potter
movieMurder in Black and White
1990
Margo Stover
movieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
Diahann Carroll
tvA Different World
1987
Marion Gilbert
tvReading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieSister, Sister
1982
Carolyne Lovejoy
tvDynasty
1981
Dominique Devereaux
tvRoots: The Next Generations
1979
Zeona Haley
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Roxy Blue
movieDeath Scream
1975
Betty May
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieClaudine
1974
Claudine Price
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self (uncredited)
movieFrancis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968
Self - Singer
movieThe Split
1968
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
tvJulia
1968
Julia Baker
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieHurry Sundown
1967
Vivian Thurlow
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host / Self
movieParis Blues
1961
Connie Lampson
movieGoodbye Again
1961
Nightclub Singer
tvNaked City
1958
Ruby Jay
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Guest / Self - Singer
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Presenter / Self - Co-Host / Self - Performer / Self - Presenter / Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self