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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 17, 1935
Died
October 4, 2019
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Carol Diahann Johnson
- دیان کارول
Diahann Carroll
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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
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Self (archival footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
5.6
Ms. Edna
The Masked Saint
2016
10.0
Self
Light Girls
2015
7.0
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
5.6
Nana Peeples
Peeples
2013
10.0
Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
6.9
Self
Sing Your Song
2012
5.6
Nana
The Front
2010
4.5
Nana
At Risk
2010
8.2
June
White Collar
2009
Credits
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
0.0
The Masked Saint
as Ms. Edna
2016
5.6
Light Girls
as Self
2015
10.0
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Peeples
as Nana Peeples
2013
5.6
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
2013
10.0
Sing Your Song
as Self
2012
6.9
The Front
as Nana
2010
5.6
At Risk
as Nana
2010
4.5
White Collar
as June
2009
8.2
Diary of a Single Mom
as Therapist
2009
4.0
Back to You
as Sandra Jenkins
2007
5.6
Grey's Anatomy
as Jane Burke
2005
8.2
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
4.0
Whoopi
as Viveca Rae
2003
8.7
Half & Half
as Grandma Ruth Thorne
2002
8.3
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
The Court
2002
10.0
The Legend of Tarzan
as Queen La (voice)
2001
6.8
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
as Maria Cole
2000
7.0
Strong Medicine
as Eve Morton
2000
7.1
Soul Food
as Aunt Ruthie
2000
7.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Betty Hemings
2000
7.6
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Betty Hemings
2000
8.0
The Courage to Love
as Pouponne
2000
6.4
Twice in a Lifetime
as Jael
1999
5.5
Jackie's Back!
as Diahann Carroll
1999
6.9
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
as Sadie Delany
1999
7.5
The Sweetest Gift
as Mrs. Wilson
1998
5.0
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
as Self
1998
0.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
1998
0.0
Eve's Bayou
as Elzora
1997
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Crow (voice)
1995
6.0
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as Narrator
1995
2.0
Touched by an Angel
as Grace Willis
1994
7.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Lydia Bishop
1994
7.3
Ellen
as Diahann Carroll
1994
6.2
Burke's Law
as Grace Gibson
1994
6.7
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Color Adjustment
as Self
1992
6.9
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Sunday in Paris
as Vernetta Chase
1991
0.0
The Five Heartbeats
as Eleanor Potter
1991
7.4
Mo' Better Blues
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
1990
6.5
Murder in Black and White
as Margo Stover
1990
0.0
From the Dead of Night
as Maggie
1989
5.5
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Diahann Carroll
1988
0.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
A Different World
as Marion Gilbert
1987
7.1
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
9.0
The Colbys
1985
5.9
The Best of Broadway
as Herself
1985
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.4
Sister, Sister
as Carolyne Lovejoy
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Dynasty
as Dominique Devereaux
1981
6.5
The Big Show
as Self
1980
0.0
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Vivian
1979
4.2
Roots: The Next Generations
as Zeona Haley
1979
7.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Mermeia
1978
3.4
The Beatles Forever
as Self
1977
0.0
The Love Boat
as Roxy Blue
1977
6.3
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
1976
0.0
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
6.0
Death Scream
as Betty May
1975
6.6
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Claudine
as Claudine Price
1974
7.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
6.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.3
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.8
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
7.1
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
as Self - Singer
1968
0.0
The Split
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1968
6.7
Julia
as Julia Baker
1968
6.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
Hurry Sundown
as Vivian Thurlow
1967
6.4
ABC Stage 67
as Self
1966
6.2
🎬
Not Only... But Also
as Self
1964
7.8
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Paris Blues
as Connie Lampson
1961
6.5
Goodbye Again
as Nightclub Singer
1961
7.1
Porgy and Bess
as Clara
1959
6.1
🎬
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
Naked City
as Ruby Jay
1958
5.5
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
1957
6.8
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter/Performer
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
5.1
Carmen Jones
as Myrt
1954
6.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
🎬
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Chance Of A Lifetime
1952
0.0
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
7.4
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.0