Diahann Carroll
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.
Sidney
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
Light Girls
Self
Peeples
Nana Peeples
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
Sing Your Song
Self
The Front
Nana
At Risk
Nana
Diary of a Single Mom
Therapist
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love
Pouponne
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lydia Bishop
Color Adjustment
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday in Paris
Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
Murder in Black and White
Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Diahann Carroll
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
The Best of Broadway
Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Sister, Sister
Carolyne Lovejoy
Night of 100 Stars
Self
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vivian
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
The Beatles Forever
Self
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
Death Scream
Betty May
Claudine
Claudine Price
One More Time
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Self - Singer
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
The Strolling '20s
Self
Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
Porgy and Bess
Clara
Carmen Jones
Myrt