Diahann Carroll
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17 luglio 1935 — 4 ottobre 2019 (84 anni)
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.
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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Filmografia
| 2016 | The Masked Saint · as Ms. Edna |
| 2013 | Peeples · as Nana Peeples |
| 2010 | The Front · as Nana |
| 2010 | At Risk · as Nana |
| 2009 | White Collar · as June |
| 2009 | Diary of a Single Mom · as Therapist |
| 2007 | Back to You · as Sandra Jenkins |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy · as Jane Burke |
| 2004 | 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime · as Dominique Deveraux |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as (archive Footage)Su Plex |
| 2003 | Whoopi · as Viveca Rae |
| 2002 | Half & Half · as Grandma Ruth Thorne |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan · as Queen La (voice) |
| 2000 | Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story · as Maria Cole |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine · as Eve Morton |
| 2000 | Soul Food · as Aunt Ruthie |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal · as Betty Hemings |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal · as Betty HemingsSu Plex |
| 2000 | The Courage to Love · as Pouponne |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime · as JaelSu Plex |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years · as Sadie Delany |
| 1998 | The Sweetest Gift · as Mrs. WilsonSu Plex |
| 1997 | Eve's Bayou · as ElzoraSu Plex |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · as Crow (voice) |
| 1994 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years · as Ida Grayson |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel · as Grace Willis |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle · as Lydia Bishop |
| 1994 | Burke's Law (1994) · as Grace Gibson |
| 1993 | The Sinbad Show · as Mrs. Winters |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Vivian Thurlow (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats · as Eleanor Potter |
| 1990 | Evening Shade · as Ginger |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Jazz Club Singer |
| 1990 | Murder in Black and White · as Margo Stover |
| 1989 | From the Dead of Night · as Maggie |
| 1987 | A Different World (1987) · as Marion Gilbert |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister · as Carolyne Lovejoy |
| 1981 | Dynasty · as Dominique Devereaux |
| 1979 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings · as Vivian |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations · as Zeona Haley |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special · as Mermeia |
| 1977 | The Love Boat · as Roxy Blue |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special · as Narrator |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Claudine |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Streetkill · as Betty May |
| 1974 | Claudine · as Claudine Price |
| 1968 | The Split · as Ellen "ellie" KennedySu Plex |
| 1968 | Julia · as Julia Baker |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown · as Vivian Thurlow |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour · as Stella Young |
| 1961 | Paris Blues · as Connie Lampson |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again · as Nightclub Singer |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess · as Clara |
| 1958 | Naked City · as Ruby Jay |
| 1958 | |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones · as Myrt |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Anna |