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