Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

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: Acting

Born: Bronx, New York, USA, 1935-07-17

Died: 2019-10-04

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Carmen Jones	Myrt	60
2	1959	Porgy and Bess	Clara	61
3	1961	Goodbye Again	Nightclub Singer	71
4	1961	Paris Blues	Connie Lampson	65
5	1967	Hurry Sundown	Vivian Thurlow	65
6	1968	The Split	Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy	67
7	1968	Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing	Self - Singer	0
8	1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self (uncredited)	76
9	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	71
10	1974	Claudine	Claudine Price	71
11	1975	Death Scream	Betty May	66
12	1976	Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?	Self	0
13	1977	The Beatles Forever	Self	0
14	1978	The Star Wars Holiday Special	Mermeia	34
15	1979	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Vivian	42
16	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
17	1982	Sister, Sister	Carolyne Lovejoy	0
18	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
19	1985	The Best of Broadway	Herself	0
20	1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self	90
21	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self	60
22	1988	Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz	Diahann Carroll	0
23	1989	From the Dead of Night	Maggie	55
24	1990	Murder in Black and White	Margo Stover	0
25	1990	Mo' Better Blues	Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)	65
26	1991	The Five Heartbeats	Eleanor Potter	74
27	1991	Sunday in Paris	Vernetta Chase	0
28	1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)	77
29	1992	Color Adjustment	Self	69
30	1994	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle	Lydia Bishop	73
31	1995	Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale	Narrator	20
32	1997	Eve's Bayou	Elzora	63
33	1998	Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood	Self	0
34	1998	Motown 40: The Music is Forever	Self	0
35	1998	The Sweetest Gift	Mrs. Wilson	50
36	1999	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years	Sadie Delany	75
37	1999	Jackie's Back!	Diahann Carroll	65
38	2000	The Courage to Love	Pouponne	64
39	2000	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	Betty Hemings	76
40	2000	Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story	Maria Cole	70
41	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
42	2004	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	(archive footage)	40
43	2009	Diary of a Single Mom	Therapist	40
44	2010	At Risk	Nana	45
45	2010	The Front	Nana	56
46	2012	Sing Your Song	Self	69
47	2013	Martin Luther King and the March on Washington	Self	100
48	2013	Peeples	Nana Peeples	56
49	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
50	2015	Light Girls	Self	100
51	2016	The Masked Saint	Ms. Edna	56
52	2021	How It Feels to Be Free	Self (archival footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	72
4	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
5	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
6	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
7	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self	74
8	1952	Chance Of A Lifetime		0
9	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
10	1953	Coke Time with Eddie Fisher		0
11	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Self	78
12	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer	51
13	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter/Performer	51
14	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
15	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	51
16	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Co-Host	51
17	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	56
18	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Singer	56
19	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
20	1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Self	68
21	1958	Peter Gunn		65
22	1958	Naked City	Ruby Jay	55
23	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
24	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
25	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
26	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
27	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
28	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
29	1963	The Judy Garland Show	Self	80
30	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
31	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self	45
32	1964	Not Only... But Also	Self	78
33	1966	ABC Stage 67	Self	62
34	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	77
35	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
36	1968	Julia	Julia Baker	60
37	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
38	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
39	1972	The Julie Andrews Hour	Self	60
40	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
41	1976	The Sonny and Cher Show		60
42	1977	The Love Boat	Roxy Blue	63
43	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Zeona Haley	75
44	1980	The Big Show	Self	0
45	1981	Dynasty	Dominique Devereaux	65
46	1983	Reading Rainbow	Herself - Narrator (voice)	84
47	1985	The Colbys		61
48	1987	A Different World	Marion Gilbert	71
49	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
50	1994	Burke's Law	Grace Gibson	67
51	1994	Ellen	Diahann Carroll	62
52	1994	Touched by an Angel	Grace Willis	72
53	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Crow (voice)	60
54	1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Jael	55
55	2000	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	Betty Hemings	80
56	2000	Soul Food	Aunt Ruthie	70
57	2000	Strong Medicine	Eve Morton	71
58	2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Queen La (voice)	68
59	2002	The Court		100
60	2002	Half & Half	Grandma Ruth Thorne	83
61	2003	Whoopi	Viveca Rae	87
62	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Jane Burke	82
63	2007	Back to You	Sandra Jenkins	56
64	2009	White Collar	June	82

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