Diahann Carroll
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1935
- Died
- October 4, 2019
- Birthplace
- Bronx, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Sidney 2022
as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free 2021
as Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint 2016
as Ms. Edna
Light Girls 2015
as Self
Peeples 2013
as Nana Peeples
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 2013
as Self
Sing Your Song 2012
as Self
The Front 2010
as Nana
At Risk 2010
as Nana
Diary of a Single Mom 2009
as Therapist
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004
as (archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002
as Self
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story 2000
as Maria Cole
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal 2000
as Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love 2000
as Pouponne
Jackie's Back! 1999
as Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 1999
as Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift 1998
as Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever 1998
as Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood 1998
as Self
Eve's Bayou 1997
as Elzora
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 1995
as Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle 1994
as Lydia Bishop
Color Adjustment 1992
as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday in Paris 1991
as Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats 1991
as Eleanor Potter
Murder in Black and White 1990
as Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night 1989
as Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz 1988
as Diahann Carroll
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special 1986
as Self
The Best of Broadway 1985
as Herself
Night of 100 Stars II 1985
as Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 1983
Actor
Sister, Sister 1982
as Carolyne Lovejoy
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1979
as Vivian
The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978
as Mermeia
The Beatles Forever 1977
as Self
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? 1976
as Self
Death Scream 1975
as Betty May
Claudine 1974
as Claudine Price
- One More Time
One More Time 1974
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show 1968
as Self (uncredited)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing 1968
as Self - Singer
The Split 1968
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Hurry Sundown 1967
as Vivian Thurlow
The Strolling '20s 1966
as Self
Paris Blues 1961
as Connie Lampson
Goodbye Again 1961
as Nightclub Singer
Porgy and Bess 1959
as Clara
Carmen Jones 1954
as Myrt
Credits from TMDB.