People
Diahann Carroll
- Name: Diahann Carroll
- Birthday: 1935-07-17
- Also known as: Carol Diahann Johnson
- Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA
- Popularity: 7.246
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage) | 2021-01-18 |
| The Masked Saint as Ms. Edna | 2016-01-08 |
| Light Girls as Self | 2015-01-19 |
| And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Peeples as Nana Peeples | 2013-05-09 |
| Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self | 2013-01-01 |
| Sing Your Song as Self | 2012-01-13 |
| The Front as Nana | 2010-05-26 |
| At Risk as Nana | 2010-05-19 |
| Diary of a Single Mom as Therapist | 2009-01-27 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self | 2002-05-05 |
| Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story as Maria Cole | 2000-12-10 |
| Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Betty Hemings | 2000-02-13 |
| The Courage to Love as Pouponne | 2000-01-24 |
| Jackie's Back! as Diahann Carroll | 1999-06-14 |
| Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Sadie Delany | 1999-04-18 |
| The Sweetest Gift as Mrs. Wilson | 1998-02-28 |
| Motown 40: The Music is Forever as Self | 1998-02-15 |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self | 1998-02-10 |
| Eve's Bayou as Elzora | 1997-11-07 |
| Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale as Narrator | 1995-02-25 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle as Lydia Bishop | 1994-05-10 |
| Color Adjustment as Self | 1992-01-29 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
| Sunday in Paris as Vernetta Chase | 1991-07-07 |
| The Five Heartbeats as Eleanor Potter | 1991-03-29 |
| Mo' Better Blues as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited) | 1990-08-03 |
| Murder in Black and White as Margo Stover | 1990-01-07 |
| From the Dead of Night as Maggie | 1989-02-27 |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Diahann Carroll | 1988-08-16 |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self | 1988-05-16 |
| Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special as Self | 1986-01-17 |
| The Best of Broadway as Herself | 1985-05-24 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Sister, Sister as Carolyne Lovejoy | 1982-06-07 |
| Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Vivian | 1979-04-28 |
| The Star Wars Holiday Special as Mermeia | 1978-11-17 |
| The Beatles Forever as Self | 1977-11-24 |
| Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self | 1976-02-18 |
| Death Scream as Betty May | 1975-09-26 |
| Claudine as Claudine Price | 1974-04-22 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
| Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing as Self - Singer | 1968-11-28 |
| The Split as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy | 1968-11-04 |
| Hurry Sundown as Vivian Thurlow | 1967-02-09 |
| Paris Blues as Connie Lampson | 1961-09-27 |
| Goodbye Again as Nightclub Singer | 1961-05-23 |
| Porgy and Bess as Clara | 1959-06-24 |
| Carmen Jones as Myrt | 1954-10-28 |
