Diahann Carroll
Acting • Born 1935-07-17 – Died 2019-10-04
Biography
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
112 credits
Porgy and Bess
Movie • 1959
Clara
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Movie • 1998
Self
The Split
Movie • 1968
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Paris Blues
Movie • 1961
Connie Lampson
The Five Heartbeats
Movie • 1991
Eleanor Potter
Eve's Bayou
Movie • 1997
Elzora
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
The Front
Movie • 2010
Nana
At Risk
Movie • 2010
Nana
The Beatles Forever
Movie • 1977
Self
Carmen Jones
Movie • 1954
Myrt
The Courage to Love
Movie • 2000
Pouponne
Peeples
Movie • 2013
Nana Peeples
Claudine
Movie • 1974
Claudine Price
Sing Your Song
Movie • 2012
Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Movie • 2013
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self
Hurry Sundown
Movie • 1967
Vivian Thurlow
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Movie • 2000
Betty Hemings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Movie • 1979
Vivian
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie • 1994
Lydia Bishop
The Sweetest Gift
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Wilson
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Movie • 1988
Diahann Carroll
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
Light Girls
Movie • 2015
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Movie • 1999
Sadie Delany
The Masked Saint
Movie • 2016
Ms. Edna
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie • 1978
Mermeia
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie • 1986
Self
Goodbye Again
Movie • 1961
Nightclub Singer
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Movie • 2000
Maria Cole
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Movie • 1968
Self - Singer
Sister, Sister
Movie • 1982
Carolyne Lovejoy
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
(archive footage)
From the Dead of Night
Movie • 1989
Maggie
The Best of Broadway
Movie • 1985
Herself
Murder in Black and White
Movie • 1990
Margo Stover
Sunday in Paris
Movie • 1991
Vernetta Chase
Color Adjustment
Movie • 1992
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death Scream
Movie • 1975
Betty May
Diary of a Single Mom
Movie • 2009
Therapist
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie • 2021
Self (archival footage)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Movie • 1976
Self
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Movie • 1995
Narrator
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Jackie's Back!
Movie • 1999
Diahann Carroll
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Movie • 1998
Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Movie • 1983
The Strolling '20s
Movie • 1966
Self
Sidney
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
One More Time
Movie • 1974
Self
A Different World
TV • 1987
Marion Gilbert
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Jane Burke
Half & Half
TV • 2002
Grandma Ruth Thorne
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV • 1976
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Roxy Blue
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Grace Willis
The Legend of Tarzan
TV • 2001
Queen La (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Dynasty
TV • 1981
Dominique Devereaux
Naked City
TV • 1958
Ruby Jay
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Aunt Ruthie
The Colbys
TV • 1985
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Jael
Julia
TV • 1968
Julia Baker
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Big Show
TV • 1980
Self
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
TV • 1953
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Zeona Haley
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Self
The Court
TV • 2002
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Guest
White Collar
TV • 2009
June
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Chance Of A Lifetime
TV • 1952
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Crow (voice)
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV • 1972
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Self
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Grace Gibson
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Singer
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
Not Only... But Also
TV • 1964
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Eve Morton
Back to You
TV • 2007
Sandra Jenkins
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
TV • 2000
Betty Hemings
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Ellen
TV • 1994
Diahann Carroll
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Whoopi
TV • 2003
Viveca Rae
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self