Diahann Carroll

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1935-07-17 (84 years old)

Deathday

2019-10-04

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

Diahann Carroll

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 ...

Acting

1959

1968

The Split

as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy

1961

Paris Blues

as Connie Lampson

1991

The Five Heartbeats

as Eleanor Potter

1997

Eve's Bayou

as Elzora

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

2010

The Front

as Nana

2010

At Risk

as Nana

1954

2000

2013

Peeples

as Nana Peeples

1974

Claudine

as Claudine Price

2012

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Vivian Thurlow

1998

The Sweetest Gift

as Mrs. Wilson

2015

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

2016

The Masked Saint

as Ms. Edna

1961

Goodbye Again

as Nightclub Singer

1982

Sister, Sister

as Carolyne Lovejoy

2004

1985

1990

1991

Sunday in Paris

as Vernetta Chase

1992

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Death Scream

as Betty May

2009

2021

How It Feels to Be Free

as Self (archival footage)

1999

Jackie's Back!

as Diahann Carroll

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