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Diahann Carroll
Acting
1935-07-17 - Present
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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The Masked SaintasMs. Edna
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The Star Wars Holiday SpecialasMermeia
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Eve's BayouasElzora
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Goodbye AgainasNightclub Singer
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Mo' Better BluesasJazz Club Singer (uncredited)
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The Five HeartbeatsasEleanor Potter
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Yearsas(archive footage)
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PeeplesasNana Peeples
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Paris BluesasConnie Lampson
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Light GirlsasSelf
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Carmen JonesasMyrt
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And the Oscar Goes To...asSelf (archive footage)
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ClaudineasClaudine Price
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Jackie's Back!asDiahann Carroll
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The FrontasNana
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Night of 100 StarsasSelf
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisasSelf (archive footage)
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The Courage to LoveasPouponne
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Hurry SundownasVivian Thurlow
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The SplitasEllen "Ellie" Kennedy
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Porgy and BessasClara
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From the Dead of NightasMaggie
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Night of 100 Stars IIasSelf
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At RiskasNana
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal LifestyleasLydia Bishop
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The Best of BroadwayasHerself
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsasSadie Delany
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Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?asSelf
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Sally Hemings: An American ScandalasBetty Hemings
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Death ScreamasBetty May
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Sister, SisterasCarolyne Lovejoy
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Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerasVivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
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NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialasSelf
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in HollywoodasSelf
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Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole StoryasMaria Cole
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Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonasSelf
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Murder in Black and WhiteasMargo Stover
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Color AdjustmentasSelf
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Sunday in ParisasVernetta Chase
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Diary of a Single MomasTherapist
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzasDiahann Carroll
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The Dean Martin Christmas ShowasSelf (uncredited)
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The Beatles ForeverasSelf
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The Sweetest GiftasMrs. Wilson
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCasSelf
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Francis Albert Sinatra Does His ThingasSelf - Singer
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Jirimpimbira: An African Folk TaleasNarrator
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialasSelf
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I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsasVivian
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Motown 40: The Music is ForeverasSelf
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Sing Your SongasSelf
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How It Feels to Be FreeasSelf (archival footage)