Diahann Carroll
Born July 17, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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
Peeples
2013
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as Nana Peeples
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Age: 77
Sing Your Song
2012
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as Self
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Age: 76
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000
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as Maria Cole
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Age: 65
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
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as Betty Hemings
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Age: 64
The Courage to Love
2000
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as Pouponne
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Age: 64
The Sweetest Gift
1998
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as Mrs. Wilson
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Age: 62
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998
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as Self
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Age: 62
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
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as Self
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Age: 62
Eve's Bayou
1997
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as Elzora
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Age: 62
Color Adjustment
1992
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as Self
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Age: 56
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
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as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Sunday in Paris
1991
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as Vernetta Chase
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Age: 55
The Five Heartbeats
1991
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as Eleanor Potter
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Age: 55
Mo' Better Blues
1990
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as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Murder in Black and White
1990
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as Margo Stover
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Age: 54
From the Dead of Night
1989
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as Maggie
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Age: 53
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self
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Age: 52
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
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as Self
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Age: 50
The Best of Broadway
1985
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as Herself
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Age: 49
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
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as Mermeia
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Age: 43
The Beatles Forever
1977
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as Self
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Age: 42
Claudine
1974
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as Claudine Price
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Age: 38
No Image
One More Time
1974
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as Self
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Age: 38
Paris Blues
1961
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as Connie Lampson
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Age: 26
Goodbye Again
1961
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as Nightclub Singer
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Age: 25
Porgy and Bess
1959
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as Clara
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Age: 23
Carmen Jones
1954
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as Myrt
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Age: 19