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Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

Birthday: 1935-07-17 | Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
How It Feels to Be Free

as    Self (archival footage)

2016
The Masked Saint

as    Ms. Edna

2013
Peeples

as    Nana Peeples

2012
Sing Your Song

as    Self

2010
At Risk

as    Nana

2010
The Front

as    Nana

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as    Betty Hemings

2000
The Courage to Love

as    Pouponne

1997
Eve's Bayou

as    Elzora

1991
The Five Heartbeats

as    Eleanor Potter

1989
From the Dead of Night

as    Maggie

1979
1975
Death Scream

as    Betty May

1974
Claudine

as    Claudine Price

1968
The Split

as    Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy

1968
Julia

as    Julia Baker

1967
Hurry Sundown

as    Vivian Thurlow

1961
Paris Blues

as    Connie Lampson

1954
Carmen Jones

as    Myrt