Overview
Diahann Carroll
Known For
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March...
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in...
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter...
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson...
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 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.