Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-07-17 (84 years old)
Deathday
2019-10-04
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also known As
Carol Diahann Johnson
دیان کارول
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 ...
1959
as Clara
1998
1968
as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1961
as Connie Lampson
1991
as Eleanor Potter
1997
as Elzora
1968
as Self (uncredited)
2010
as Nana
2010
as Nana
1977
as Self
1954
as Myrt
2000
as Pouponne
2013
as Nana Peeples
1974
as Claudine Price
2012
as Self
1967
as Vivian Thurlow
2000
as Betty Hemings
1979
as Vivian
1994
as Lydia Bishop
1998
as Mrs. Wilson
1988
as Diahann Carroll
2002
as Self
1970
as Self (archive footage)
2015
as Self
1990
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
1985
as Self
1999
as Sadie Delany
2016
as Ms. Edna
1978
as Mermeia
1961
as Nightclub Singer
2000
as Maria Cole
1968
as Self - Singer
1982
as Carolyne Lovejoy
2004
as (archive footage)
1989
as Maggie
1985
as Herself
1990
as Margo Stover
1991
as Vernetta Chase
1992
as Self
1991
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Betty May
2009
as Therapist
2021
as Self (archival footage)
1976
as Self
1995
as Narrator
1982
as Self
1999
as Diahann Carroll
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