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.
54 movies · 55 shows
Sidney
2022·7.0
How It Feels to Be Free
2021·0.0
The Masked Saint
2016·5.6
Light Girls
2015·10.0
Peeples
2013·5.5
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013·10.0
Sing Your Song
2012·6.9
The Front
2010·5.4
At Risk
2010·4.6
Diary of a Single Mom
2009·4.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004·5.3
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002·6.0
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000·7.6
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000·8.0
The Courage to Love
2000·6.8
Jackie's Back!
1999·6.9
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999·7.3
The Sweetest Gift
1998·5.7
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998·0.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998·9.0
Eve's Bayou
1997·6.4
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995·5.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994·7.5
Color Adjustment
1992·6.9
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991·8.0
Sunday in Paris
1991·6.0
The Five Heartbeats
1991·7.3
Murder in Black and White
1990·7.0
From the Dead of Night
1989·6.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988·9.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988·6.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986·9.0
The Best of Broadway
1985·0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983·0.0
Sister, Sister
1982·8.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979·4.3
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978·3.4
The Beatles Forever
1977·0.0
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976·8.0
Death Scream
1975·6.6
Claudine
1974·7.1
One More Time
1974·0.0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·7.3
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968·7.6
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968·0.0
The Split
1968·6.7
Hurry Sundown
1967·6.4
The Strolling '20s
1966·0.0
Paris Blues
1961·6.5
Goodbye Again
1961·7.1
Porgy and Bess
1959·6.3
Carmen Jones
1954·6.2