Diahann Carroll
Known for: Acting
Born: July 17, 1935
Died: October 4, 2019
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
54 movies · 55 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Sidney
2022
NR
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
5.6
The Masked Saint
2016
10.0
Light Girls
2015
5.5
Peeples
2013
10.0
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
6.9
Sing Your Song
2012
5.4
The Front
2010
4.6
At Risk
2010
8.2
White Collar
2009
4.0
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
5.7
Back to You
2007
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
8.8
Whoopi
2003
8.3
Half & Half
2002
6.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
10.0
The Court
2002
7.0
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
7.6
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
7.2
Soul Food
2000
8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
6.8
The Courage to Love
2000
6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
6.9
Jackie's Back!
1999
7.3
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
5.7
The Sweetest Gift
1998
NR
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998
9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
6.5
Eve's Bayou
1997
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
5.5
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
7.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
6.1
Ellen
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
6.9
Color Adjustment
1992
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
6.0
Sunday in Paris
1991
7.3
The Five Heartbeats
1991
7.0
Murder in Black and White
1990
6.0
From the Dead of Night
1989
9.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
7.1
A Different World
1987
9.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
6.3
The Colbys
1985
NR
The Best of Broadway
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983
NR
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
7.5
Sister, Sister
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.5
Dynasty
1981
9.0
The Big Show
1980
4.3
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
NR
The Beatles Forever
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
8.0
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
7.1
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
6.6
Death Scream
1975
7.0
Dinah!
1974
7.1
Claudine
1974NR
One More Time
1974
8.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
6.1
Great Performances
1971
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
NR
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968
6.7
The Split
1968
6.4
Julia
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
6.4
Hurry Sundown
1967
6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
NR
The Strolling '20s
19668.0
Not Only... But Also
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
8.2
The Judy Garland Show
1963
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.5
Paris Blues
1961
7.1
Goodbye Again
1961
6.3
Porgy and Bess
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
5.7
Naked City
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.2
Carmen Jones
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
19549.0
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
Chance Of A Lifetime
1952
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944