Diahann Carroll
Acting
1935-07-17 · 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.
Filmography
Sidney
2022 · Movie
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Movie
The Masked Saint
2016 · Movie
Light Girls
2015 · Movie
Peeples
2013 · Movie
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · Movie
Sing Your Song
2012 · Movie
The Front
2010 · Movie
At Risk
2010 · Movie
White Collar
2009 · Series
Diary of a Single Mom
2009 · Movie
Back to You
2007 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie
Whoopi
2003 · Series
Half & Half
2002 · Series
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Movie
The Court
2002 · Series
The Legend of Tarzan
2001 · Series
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000 · Movie
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
Soul Food
2000 · Series
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000 · Series
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000 · Movie
The Courage to Love
2000 · Movie
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · Series
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · Movie
The Sweetest Gift
1998 · Movie
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998 · Movie
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Movie
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Movie
Ellen
1994 · Series
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
Color Adjustment
1992 · Movie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Movie
Sunday in Paris
1991 · Movie
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Movie
Murder in Black and White
1990 · Movie
From the Dead of Night
1989 · Movie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988 · Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Movie
A Different World
1987 · Series
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Movie
The Colbys
1985 · Series
The Best of Broadway
1985 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983 · Movie
Sister, Sister
1982 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Dynasty
1981 · Series
The Big Show
1980 · Series
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Movie
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Series
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Movie
The Beatles Forever
1977 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976 · Movie
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Series
Death Scream
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Claudine
1974 · Movie
One More Time
1974 · Movie
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Series
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Movie
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968 · Movie
The Split
1968 · Movie
Julia
1968 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Movie
ABC Stage 67
1966 · Series
The Strolling '20s
1966 · Movie
Not Only... But Also
1964 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Series
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Paris Blues
1961 · Movie
Goodbye Again
1961 · Movie
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Movie
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Carmen Jones
1954 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Chance Of A Lifetime
1952 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series