- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Died
- October 4, 2019
Diahann Carroll
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 1…
Filmography
movieSidney
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
movieThe Masked Saint
2016 · Ms. Edna
movieLight Girls
2015 · Self
moviePeeples
2013 · Nana Peeples
movieMartin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · Self
movieSing Your Song
2012 · Self
movieThe Front
2010 · Nana
movieAt Risk
2010 · Nana
tvWhite Collar
2009 · June
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
movieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
tvThe Court
2002
tvThe Legend of Tarzan
2001 · Queen La (voice)
movieLivin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000 · Maria Cole
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
tvTwice in a Lifetime
1999 · Jael
movieJackie's Back!
1999 · Diahann Carroll
movieHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Sadie Delany
movieThe Sweetest Gift
1998 · Mrs. Wilson
movieMotown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998 · Self
movieSmall Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Self
movieEve's Bayou
1997 · Elzora
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Crow (voice)
movieJirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995 · Narrator
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Grace Willis
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Lydia Bishop
tvEllen
1994 · Diahann Carroll
tvBurke's Law
1994 · Grace Gibson
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
movieColor Adjustment
1992 · Self
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
movieFrom the Dead of Night
1989 · Maggie
movieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Diahann Carroll
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self
tvA Different World
1987 · Marion Gilbert
movieKraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Self
tvThe Colbys
1985
movieThe Best of Broadway
1985 · Herself
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
tvReading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieStarfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
movieSister, Sister
1982 · Carolyne Lovejoy
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
tvDynasty
1981 · Dominique Devereaux
tvThe Big Show
1980 · Self
movieI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Vivian
tvRoots: The Next Generations
1979 · Zeona Haley
movieThe Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Mermeia
movieThe Beatles Forever
1977 · Self
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Roxy Blue
movieTelly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976 · Self
tvThe Sonny and Cher Show
1976
movieDeath Scream
1975 · Betty May
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieClaudine
1974 · Claudine Price
One More Time
movieOne More Time
1974 · Self
tvThe Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Self
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
tvThe Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
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
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
movieHurry Sundown
1967 · Vivian Thurlow
tvABC Stage 67
1966 · Self
movieThe Strolling '20s
1966 · Self
Not Only... But Also
tvNot Only... But Also
1964 · Self
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
tvThe Judy Garland Show
1963 · Self
tvThe Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
movieParis Blues
1961 · Connie Lampson
movieGoodbye Again
1961 · Nightclub Singer
moviePorgy and Bess
1959 · Clara
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
tvNaked City
1958 · Ruby Jay
tvPeter Gunn
1958
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self - Singer
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Host, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Host, Self - Performer, Self - Presenter / Performer
movieCarmen Jones
1954 · Myrt
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Self
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
tvCoke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
Chance Of A Lifetime
tvChance Of A Lifetime
1952
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951 · Self
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter