Personal Info
Known Credits
52
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1935-07-17 (90 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known For
Carol Diahann Johnson
Diahann Carroll
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 Amer ...
Acting
2021 --
How It Feels to Be Free
| Self (archival footage)
2016 --
The Masked Saint
| Ms. Edna
2015 --
Light Girls
| Self
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
2013 --
Peeples
| Nana Peeples
2013 --
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
| Self
2012 --
Sing Your Song
| Self
2010 --
The Front
| Nana
2010 --
At Risk
| Nana
2009 --
Diary of a Single Mom
| Therapist
2004 --
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
| (archive footage)
2002 --
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
| Self
2000 --
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
| Maria Cole
2000 --
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
| Betty Hemings
2000 --
The Courage to Love
| Pouponne
1999 --
Jackie's Back!
| Diahann Carroll
1999 --
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
| Sadie Delany
1998 --
The Sweetest Gift
| Mrs. Wilson
1998 --
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
| Self
1998 --
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
| Self
1997 --
Eve's Bayou
| Elzora
1995 --
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
| Narrator
1994 --
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
| Lydia Bishop
1992 --
Color Adjustment
| Self
1991 --
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
| Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991 --
Sunday in Paris
| Vernetta Chase
1991 --
The Five Heartbeats
| Eleanor Potter
1990 --
Mo' Better Blues
| Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
1990 --
Murder in Black and White
| Margo Stover
1989 --
From the Dead of Night
| Maggie
1988 --
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
| Diahann Carroll
1988 --
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
| Self
1986 --
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
| Self
1985 --
The Best of Broadway
| Herself
1985 --
Night of 100 Stars II
| Self
1982 --
Sister, Sister
| Carolyne Lovejoy
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1979 --
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| Vivian
1978 --
The Star Wars Holiday Special
| Mermeia
1977 --
The Beatles Forever
| Self
1976 --
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
| Self
1975 --
Death Scream
| Betty May
1974 --
Claudine
| Claudine Price
1970 --
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
| Self (archive footage)
1968 --
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
| Self (uncredited)
1968 --
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
| Self - Singer
1968 --
The Split
| Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1967 --
Hurry Sundown
| Vivian Thurlow
1961 --
Paris Blues
| Connie Lampson
1961 --
Goodbye Again
| Nightclub Singer
1959 --
Porgy and Bess
| Clara
1954 --
Carmen Jones
| Myrt