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Diahann Carroll
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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.
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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.
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Diahann Carroll's Filmography
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Sidney
as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint
as Ms. Edna
Light Girls
as Self
Peeples
as Nana Peeples
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
Sing Your Song
as Self
The Front
as Nana
At Risk
as Nana
Diary of a Single Mom
as Therapist
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
as Maria Cole
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love
as Pouponne
Jackie's Back!
as Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift
as Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
as Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
Eve's Bayou
as Elzora
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Lydia Bishop
Color Adjustment
as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday in Paris
as Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats
as Eleanor Potter
Murder in Black and White
as Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night
as Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Diahann Carroll
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
The Best of Broadway
as Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Sister, Sister
as Carolyne Lovejoy
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Vivian
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Mermeia
The Beatles Forever
as Self
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
Death Scream
as Betty May
Claudine
as Claudine Price
No Poster
One More Time
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
as Self - Singer
The Split
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Hurry Sundown
as Vivian Thurlow
The Strolling '20s
as Self
Paris Blues
as Connie Lampson
Goodbye Again
as Nightclub Singer
Porgy and Bess
as Clara
Carmen Jones
as Myrt