Diahann Carroll
Birthday: 1935-07-17 | Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USAFrom 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archival footage)
as Ms. Edna
as Nana Peeples
as Self
as Nana
as Nana
as Betty Hemings
as Pouponne
as Sadie Delany
as Elzora
as Eleanor Potter
as Maggie
as Vivian
as Betty May
as Claudine Price
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
as Julia Baker
as Vivian Thurlow
as Connie Lampson
as Myrt
