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.
TV Shows(55)
White Collar
June
2009
Back to You
Sandra Jenkins
2007
Grey's Anatomy
Jane Burke
2005
Whoopi
Viveca Rae
2003
Half & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne
2002
The Court
2002
The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
2001
Strong Medicine
Eve Morton
2000
Soul Food
Aunt Ruthie
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
2000
Twice in a Lifetime
Jael
1999
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Crow (voice)
1995
Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
1994
Ellen
Diahann Carroll
1994
Burke's Law
Grace Gibson
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
A Different World
Marion Gilbert
1987
The Colbys
1985
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Dynasty
Dominique Devereaux
1981
The Big Show
Self
1980
Roots: The Next Generations
Zeona Haley
1979
The Love Boat
Roxy Blue
1977
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Julia
Julia Baker
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
Not Only... But Also
Self
1964
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Naked City
Ruby Jay
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
Self
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
1954
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
1953
The Oscars
Self
1953
Chance Of A Lifetime
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(54)
Sidney
Self (archive footage)
2022
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2021
The Masked Saint
Ms. Edna
2016
Light Girls
Self
2015
Peeples
Nana Peeples
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
2013
Sing Your Song
Self
2012
The Front
Nana
2010
At Risk
Nana
2010
Diary of a Single Mom
Therapist
2009
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
2004
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Maria Cole
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Betty Hemings
2000
The Courage to Love
Pouponne
2000
Jackie's Back!
Diahann Carroll
1999
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sadie Delany
1999
The Sweetest Gift
Mrs. Wilson
1998
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Self
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
1998
Eve's Bayou
Elzora
1997
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Narrator
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Lydia Bishop
1994
Color Adjustment
Self
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Sunday in Paris
Vernetta Chase
1991
The Five Heartbeats
Eleanor Potter
1991
Murder in Black and White
Margo Stover
1990
From the Dead of Night
Maggie
1989
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Diahann Carroll
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
1988
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
1986
The Best of Broadway
Herself
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
Sister, Sister
Carolyne Lovejoy
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Vivian
1979
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Mermeia
1978
The Beatles Forever
Self
1977
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
1976
Death Scream
Betty May
1975
Claudine
Claudine Price
1974
One More Time
Self
1974
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Self - Singer
1968
The Split
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1968
Hurry Sundown
Vivian Thurlow
1967
The Strolling '20s
Self
1966
Paris Blues
Connie Lampson
1961
Goodbye Again
Nightclub Singer
1961
Porgy and Bess
Clara
1959
Carmen Jones
Myrt
1954