Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Diahann Carroll

  • Birthday:

    1935-07-17

  • Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 2.642
  • Also Known As

    Carol Diahann Johnson

    دیان کارول

Diahann Carroll

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.

Top Movie Cast

Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Besstrue- Clara

1959-06-24

6.1
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Motown 40: The Music is Forevertrue- Self

1998-02-15

0.0
The Split
The Splittrue- Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy

1968-11-04

6.7
Paris Blues
Paris Bluestrue- Connie Lampson

1961-09-27

6.5
The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeatstrue- Eleanor Potter

1991-03-29

7.4
Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayoutrue- Elzora

1997-11-07

6.4
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Dean Martin Christmas Showtrue- Self (uncredited)

1968-12-19

7.6
The Front
The Fronttrue- Nana

2010-05-26

5.6
At Risk
At Risktrue- Nana

2010-05-19

4.5
The Beatles Forever
The Beatles Forevertrue- Self

1977-11-24

0.0
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jonestrue- Myrt

1954-10-28

6.0
The Courage to Love
The Courage to Lovetrue- Pouponne

2000-01-24

6.4
Peeples
Peeplestrue- Nana Peeples

2013-05-09

5.5
Claudine
Claudinetrue- Claudine Price

1974-04-22

7.0
Sing Your Song
Sing Your Songtrue- Self

2012-01-13

6.9
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Martin Luther King and the March on Washingtontrue- Self

2013-01-01

10.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCtrue- Self

1988-05-16

6.0
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundowntrue- Vivian Thurlow

1967-02-09

6.4
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Sally Hemings: An American Scandaltrue- Betty Hemings

2000-02-13

7.6
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Singstrue- Vivian

1979-04-28

4.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyletrue- Lydia Bishop

1994-05-10

7.3
The Sweetest Gift
The Sweetest Gifttrue- Mrs. Wilson

1998-02-28

5.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitztrue- Diahann Carroll

1988-08-16

0.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
NBC 75th Anniversary Specialtrue- Self

2002-05-05

0.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphistrue- Self (archive footage)

1970-03-24

7.3
Light Girls
Light Girlstrue- Self

2015-01-19

10.0
Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Bluestrue- Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

1990-08-03

6.5
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars IItrue- Self

1985-03-10

8.0
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Yearstrue- Sadie Delany

1999-04-18

7.5
The Masked Saint
The Masked Sainttrue- Ms. Edna

2016-01-08

5.6
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Specialtrue- Mermeia

1978-11-17

3.3
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Specialtrue- Self

1986-01-17

9.0
Goodbye Again
Goodbye Againtrue- Nightclub Singer

1961-05-23

7.1
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Storytrue- Maria Cole

2000-12-10

7.0
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thingtrue- Self - Singer

1968-11-28

0.0
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sistertrue- Carolyne Lovejoy

1982-06-07

0.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Yearstrue- (archive footage)

2004-01-01

4.0
From the Dead of Night
From the Dead of Nighttrue- Maggie

1989-02-27

5.5
The Best of Broadway
The Best of Broadwaytrue- Herself

1985-05-24

0.0
Murder in Black and White
Murder in Black and Whitetrue- Margo Stover

1990-01-07

0.0
Sunday in Paris
Sunday in Paristrue- Vernetta Chase

1991-07-07

0.0
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustmenttrue- Self

1992-01-29

6.9
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakertrue- Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991-10-28

7.7
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...true- Self (archive footage)

2014-02-01

7.0
Death Scream
Death Screamtrue- Betty May

1975-09-26

6.6
Diary of a Single Mom
Diary of a Single Momtrue- Therapist

2009-01-27

4.0
How It Feels to Be Free
How It Feels to Be Freetrue- Self (archival footage)

2021-01-18

0.0
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?true- Self

1976-02-18

0.0
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Taletrue- Narrator

1995-02-25

2.0
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Starstrue- Self

1982-03-08

6.5
Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back!true- Diahann Carroll

1999-06-14

7.8
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywoodtrue- Self

1998-02-10

0.0

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