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Diahann Carroll

Actor

Died October 4, 2019 (84 years)

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.

Movies & Shows with Diahann Carroll on Plex

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Filmography

2016
The Masked Saint · as Ms. Edna
2013
Peeples · as Nana Peeples
2011
Reel Black Love · as actor
2010
The Front · as Nana
2010
At Risk · as Nana
2010
1 a Minute · as Diahann Carroll
2009
Diary of a Single Mom · as Therapist
2009
White Collar (TV Series) · as June Ellington
2007
Back to You (TV Series) · as Sandra Jenkins
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Jane Burke
2004
2004
50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime · as Dominique Deveraux
2002
Half & Half (TV Series) · as Unknown
2001
The Legend of Tarzan (TV Series) · as Queen La (voice)
2000
The Courage to Love · as Pouponne
2000
2000
Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Eve Morton
2000
Soul Food (TV Series) · as Aunt Ruthie
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (TV Series) · as Betty Hemings
1999
Jackie's Back! · as Diahann Carroll
1999
1999
Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) · as Unknown
1998
The Sweetest Gift · as Mrs. Wilson
1997
Eve's Bayou · as Elzora
1995
1994
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Grace Willis
1993
The Sinbad Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Winters
1991
The Five Heartbeats · as Eleanor Potter
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Mo' Better Blues · as Jazz Club Singer
1990
Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Ginger
1987
A Different World (TV Series) · as Marion Gilbert
1985
The Colbys (TV Series) · as Unknown
1983
Webster (TV Series) · as Diahann Carroll
1982
Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown
1981
Dynasty (TV Series) · as Dominique Devereaux
1979
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Zeona Haley
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special · as Mermeia Holographic Wow
1977
ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Narrator
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Roxy Blue
1976
America at the Movies · as Claudine
1974
Claudine · as Claudine Price
1970
The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Unknown
1968
The Split · as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1968
1968
Julia (TV Series) · as Julia Baker
1967
Hurry Sundown · as Vivian Thurlow
1967
The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown
1964
The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Unknown
1961
Paris Blues · as Connie Lampson
1961
Goodbye Again · as Nightclub Singer
1959
Porgy and Bess · as Clara
1958
Naked City (TV Series) · as Ruby Jay
1958
Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Unknown
1954
Carmen Jones · as Myrt
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Anna

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