Diahann Carroll

Actor

Born: July 17, 1935
Died: October 4, 2019 (age 84)
From: Bronx, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (54)

Sidney (2022)
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
Self (archival footage)
The Masked Saint (2016)
Ms. Edna
Light Girls (2015)
Self
Peeples (2013)
Nana Peeples
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Self
Sing Your Song (2012)
Self
The Front (2010)
Nana
At Risk (2010)
Nana
Diary of a Single Mom (2009)
Therapist
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
(archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
Self
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
Maria Cole
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Betty Hemings
The Courage to Love (2000)
Pouponne
Jackie's Back! (1999)
Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Mrs. Wilson
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (1998)
Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Self
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Elzora
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
Lydia Bishop
Color Adjustment (1992)
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunday in Paris (1991)
Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Eleanor Potter
Murder in Black and White (1990)
Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night (1989)
Maggie
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
Diahann Carroll