Diahann Carroll

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.

Cast

Porgy and Bess

(Clara)

Motown 40: The Music is Forever

(Self)

The Split

(Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy)

Paris Blues

(Connie Lampson)

The Five Heartbeats

(Eleanor Potter)

Eve's Bayou

(Elzora)

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

(Self (uncredited))

The Front

(Nana)

At Risk

(Nana)

The Beatles Forever

(Self)

Carmen Jones

(Myrt)

The Courage to Love

(Pouponne)

Peeples

(Nana Peeples)

Claudine

(Claudine Price)

Sing Your Song

(Self)

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

(Self)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

(Self)

Hurry Sundown

(Vivian Thurlow)

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

(Betty Hemings)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

(Vivian)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

(Lydia Bishop)

The Sweetest Gift

(Mrs. Wilson)

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

(Diahann Carroll)

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

(Self)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

(Self (archive footage))

Light Girls

(Self)

Mo' Better Blues

(Jazz Club Singer (uncredited))

Night of 100 Stars II

(Self)

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

(Sadie Delany)

The Masked Saint

(Ms. Edna)

The Star Wars Holiday Special

(Mermeia)

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

(Self)

Goodbye Again

(Nightclub Singer)

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

(Maria Cole)

Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing

(Self - Singer)

Sister, Sister

(Carolyne Lovejoy)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

((archive footage))

From the Dead of Night

(Maggie)

The Best of Broadway

(Herself)

Murder in Black and White

(Margo Stover)

Sunday in Paris

(Vernetta Chase)

Color Adjustment

(Self)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

(Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited))

And the Oscar Goes To...

(Self (archive footage))

Death Scream

(Betty May)

Diary of a Single Mom

(Therapist)

How It Feels to Be Free

(Self (archival footage))

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

(Self)

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

(Narrator)

Night of 100 Stars

(Self)

Jackie's Back!

(Diahann Carroll)

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

(Self)

A Different World

(Marion Gilbert)

Grey's Anatomy

(Jane Burke)

Half & Half

(Grandma Ruth Thorne)

The Sonny & Cher Show

The Love Boat

(Roxy Blue)

Touched by an Angel

(Grace Willis)

The Legend of Tarzan

(Queen La (voice))

The Merv Griffin Show

(Self)

Dynasty

(Dominique Devereaux)

Naked City

(Ruby Jay)

Soul Food

(Aunt Ruthie)

The Colbys

Twice in a Lifetime

(Jael)

Julia

(Julia Baker)

The Hollywood Palace

(Self - Singer)

Intimate Portrait

(Self)

Peter Gunn

The Big Show

(Self)

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

The Flip Wilson Show

(Self)

Roots: The Next Generations

(Zeona Haley)

ABC Stage 67

(Self)

The Court

The Steve Allen Show

(Self - Guest)

White Collar

(June)

The Oscars

(Self)

Chance Of A Lifetime

Tony Awards

(Self - Performer)

The Wonderful World of Disney

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

(Self)

The Judy Garland Show

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Presenter/Performer)

The Bob Hope Show

(Self)

Reading Rainbow

(Herself - Narrator (voice))

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

(Self)

What's My Line?

(Self - Mystery Guest)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

(Crow (voice))

The Julie Andrews Hour

(Self)

DuPont Show of the Month

(Self)

Burke's Law

(Grace Gibson)

The Red Skelton Show

(Self)

The Steve Allen Show

(Self - Singer)

The Carol Burnett Show

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Presenter)

Tony Awards

(Self - Host)

The Hollywood Palace

(Self)

Not Only... But Also

(Self)

The Dick Cavett Show

(Self - Guest)

Strong Medicine

(Eve Morton)

Back to You

(Sandra Jenkins)

Dinah!

(Self)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self - Co-Host)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

(Betty Hemings)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Ellen

(Diahann Carroll)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Presenter)

Whoopi

(Viveca Rae)

Great Performances

(Self)

The Danny Kaye Show

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Co-Host)

The Bell Telephone Hour

(Self)

Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

Golden Globe Awards

(Self)