Diahann Carroll
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 (109 titles)
7.0MovieSidney
Self (archive footage) · 2022
MovieHow It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage) · 2021
5.6MovieThe Masked Saint
Ms. Edna · 2016
10.0MovieLight Girls
Self · 2015
5.5MoviePeeples
Nana Peeples · 2013
10.0MovieMartin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self · 2013
6.9MovieSing Your Song
Self · 2012
5.6MovieThe Front
Nana · 2010
4.6MovieAt Risk
Nana · 2010
8.2ShowWhite Collar
June · 2009
4.0MovieDiary of a Single Mom
Therapist · 2009
5.7ShowBack to You
Sandra Jenkins · 2007
8.2ShowGrey's Anatomy
Jane Burke · 2005
5.3MovieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage) · 2004
8.8ShowWhoopi
Viveca Rae · 2003
8.3ShowHalf & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne · 2002
6.0MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self · 2002
10.0ShowThe Court
2002
7.0ShowThe Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice) · 2001
7.6MovieLivin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole · 2000
7.4ShowStrong Medicine
Eve Morton · 2000
7.2ShowSoul Food
Aunt Ruthie · 2000
8.0MovieSally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings · 2000
8.0ShowSally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings · 2000
6.8MovieThe Courage to Love
Pouponne · 2000
6.2ShowTwice in a Lifetime
Jael · 1999
6.9MovieJackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll · 1999
7.3MovieHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany · 1999
5.7MovieThe Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson · 1998
MovieMotown 40: The Music Is Forever
Self · 1998