Acting
Diahann Carroll
EN cinema · 54 credits
Born
17 July 1935
Died
4 October 2019 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Bronx, New York, USA
Also known as Carol Diahann Johnson · دیان کارول
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
Filmography
Sidney
as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint
as Ms. Edna
Light Girls
as Self
Peeples
as Nana Peeples
Sing Your Song
as Self
The Front
as Nana
At Risk
as Nana
Diary of a Single Mom
as Therapist
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
The Courage to Love
as Pouponne
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Betty Hemings
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
as Maria Cole
Jackie's Back!
as Diahann Carroll
The Sweetest Gift
as Mrs. Wilson
Eve's Bayou
as Elzora
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as Lydia Bishop
Color Adjustment
as Self
The Five Heartbeats
as Eleanor Potter
Sunday in Paris
as Vernetta Chase
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder in Black and White
as Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night
as Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Diahann Carroll
The Best of Broadway
as Herself
Sister, Sister
as Carolyne Lovejoy
Death Scream
as Betty May
Claudine
as Claudine Price
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Split
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
as Self - Singer
Hurry Sundown
as Vivian Thurlow
Paris Blues
as Connie Lampson
Goodbye Again
as Nightclub Singer
Porgy and Bess
as Clara
Carmen Jones
as Myrt