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{{Short description|American actress and singer (1935–2019)}} | |||
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| name = Diahann Carroll | ||
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| image = Diahann Carroll 1976.JPG | ||
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| caption = Publicity photo, 1976 | ||
| birth_name |
| birth_name = Carol Diann Johnson | ||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|7|17}} | ||
| birth_place |
| birth_place = New York City, U.S. | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|10|4|1935|7|17}} | |||
| spouse = ] (1987–1996)<br>Robert DeLeon (1975–1977)<br>Fredde Glusman (1973–1973)<br>] (1956–1963) | |||
| death_place = ], U.S. | |||
| children = 1 child: Suzanne Kay Bamford | |||
| alma_mater = ] | |||
| years_active = 1954–present | |||
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{Marriage|]|1956|1963|reason=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Fred Glusman|1973|1973|reason=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Robert DeLeon|1975|1977|reason=died}}|{{Marriage|]|1987|1996|reason=divorced}}}} | |||
| occupation = Actress and singer | |||
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| ] (1959–1968) | |||
| ] (1970–1973) | |||
}} | |||
| children = 1 | |||
| years_active = 1950–2016 | |||
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|model|activist}} | |||
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'''Diahann Carroll''' ({{IPAc-en|d|aɪ|ˈ|æ|n| |
'''Diahann Carroll''' ({{IPAc-en|d|aɪ|ˈ|æ|n}} {{respell|dy|AN}}; born '''Carol Diann Johnson'''; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a ] in 1962, ] in 1968, and five ] nominations. | ||
Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest ] films to feature black<!--Lowercase "b," per Misplaced Pages and Associated Press style; see "Misplaced Pages:Race and ethnicity" for more--> casts, including the ] '']'' (1954) and '']'' (1959). She received an ] nomination for her title role in the ] ] film '']'' (1974). Carroll's other notable film credits include '']'' (1961), '']'' (1968), '']'' (1997), and ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years'' (1999). | |||
She starred in the title role in '']'' (1968-1971), for which she received a ]. The series was the first on ] to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. In the show Carroll played a nurse and single mother.<ref name="Today">{{cite news| url=https://www.today.com/popculture/diahann-carroll-groundbreaking-julia-actress-dead-84-t163973 |last=Li |first=David K |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Diahann Carroll, groundbreaking 'Julia' actress, dead at 84 |work=] |access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref> She played the role of ], a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera '']'' from 1984 to 1987. She also had roles in '']'', '']'', and '']''. | |||
She is the recipient of numerous stage and screen awards and nominations. Carroll has been married four times and became the mother of a daughter in 1960. She is a ] survivor and activist. | |||
Carroll made her ] debut playing Ottilie Alias Violet in the musical '']'' (1954). She became the ] to win the ] for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical '']'' (1962). | |||
==Early years== | |||
Carroll was born '''Carol Diahann Johnson''' in ], ], to John Johnson of Aiken, South Carolina, and Mabel (Faulk),<ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Diahann-Carroll.html | work=filmreference | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> of ]. When Carroll was an infant, the family moved to ], where she grew up. She attended ], along with schoolmate ]. In many interviews about her childhood, Diahann Carroll recalls her parents' support of her and that they enrolled her in dance, singing and modeling classes. By the time Diahann Carroll was 15, she was modeling for '']'' magazine. She stood 6 ft and had a lean build. After graduating from high school, Diahann Carroll attended ], majoring in sociology. | |||
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== Early years == | ||
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At the age of 18, Carroll got her big break when she appeared as a contestant on the ] program, ''Chance of a Lifetime'', Hosted by Dennis James. On the show which aired Friday, January 8, 1954, Carroll took the $1,000 top prize on the strength of her rendition of the ]/] song, "]" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at ]'s ]{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} and ] nightclubs soon followed.<ref name='Jet-15Apr1954'>{{cite journal |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson |date=April 15, 1954 |title=N.Y. singer Diahann Carroll finds Cinderella-like fame |journal=Jet |volume=5 |issue=23 |pages=60–61 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |location=Chicago, Illinois }}</ref> | |||
Carol Diann Johnson was born in ], New York City, on July 17, 1935,<ref name="Playbill"/> to John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel (Faulk),<ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Diahann-Carroll.html | website=filmreference | year=2008 | access-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> a nurse.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/arts/television/diahann-carroll-dead.html|title=Diahann Carroll, Actress Who Broke Barriers With 'Julia,' Dies at 84|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=October 4, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} While Carroll was still an infant, the family moved to ], where she grew up except for a brief period in which her parents had left her with an aunt in ].<ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2013|title=Diahann Carroll's on Overcoming Her Parents' Abandonment|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptjgRQ76_Vs|url-status=live|access-date=January 26, 2022|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618210617/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptjgRQ76_Vs&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=June 18, 2013 }}</ref> She attended ],<ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="McCann"/> and was a classmate of ]. In many interviews about her childhood, Carroll recalls her parents' support, and their enrolling her in dance, singing, and modeling classes. By the time Carroll was 15, she was modeling for '']''.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> "She also began entering television contests, including ''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts,'' under the name Diahann Carroll."<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} After graduating from high school, she attended ],<ref name="Playbill"/> where she majored in sociology,<ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} "but she left before graduating to pursue a show-business career, promising her family that if the career did not materialize after two years, she would return to college."<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Career == | |||
Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in ] (1954) as a friend of the sultry lead character. She then starred in the Broadway musical, ''].'' In 1959, she played Clara in the film version of ]'s ''],'' but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer ]. She made a guest star appearance in the series '']'', in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" in 1960. She starred with ], ] and ] in the 1961 film ''].'' In 1962, she won the ] for best actress (]) for the role of Barbara Woodruff in the ] and ] musical ''].'' In 1974, she was nominated for an ] for ]. | |||
Carroll's big break came at the age of 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the ] program, '']'', hosted by ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the ]/] song, "]" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at ]'s ] and ] nightclubs soon followed.<ref name="Jet-15Apr1954">{{Cite journal |date=April 15, 1954 |title=N.Y. singer Diahann Carroll finds Cinderella-like fame |journal=Jet |volume=5 |issue=23 |pages=60–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMADAAAAMBAJ | access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> | |||
] on ''The Hollywood Palace'', 1968.]] | |||
Carroll is best known for her title role in the 1968 television series ], which made her the first ] actress to star in her own ] where she did not play a domestic worker. She was nominated for an ] in 1969, and won the ] for "Best Actress In A Television Series" in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thegoldenglobes.com/welcome.html?nominee/carroll_diahann.html |title=Diahann Carroll |work=TheGoldenGlobes.com | accessdate=2007-07-01 }}</ref> Her first Emmy nomination had come in 1963 for ]. Some of her other earlier work included appearances on shows hosted by ], ], ], ] and ], and on '']'' variety show. | |||
] on ''The Hollywood Palace'', 1968]]Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in '']'' (1954),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> as a friend to the sultry lead character played by ]. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, '']''.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/> A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of ]'s '']'' (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series '']'', in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with ], ], and ] in the film '']'' (1961)<ref name=":0" /> and won the 1962 ] (]) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the ] and ] musical '']''.<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill">{{cite news |last1=McPhee |first1=Ryan |title=Tony Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Diahann Carroll Dies at 84 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-award-winner-and-oscar-nominee-diahann-carroll-dies-at-84 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=Playbill |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> Twelve years later, she was nominated for an ] for her starring role alongside ] in the film '']'' (1974),<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> which part had been written specifically for actress ] (who had made guest appearances on ''Julia'' as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role.<ref name="ABC"/> Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974.<ref name="ABC"/> | |||
In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime ] ] as the ] ], half-sister of ] (played by actor ]). Her high profile role on ''Dynasty'' also reunited her with actor ], who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, '']''. | |||
] and First Lady ] with a group at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" special in the Pension Building in ] Left to right: NBC News anchor ], CBS News reporter ], '''Dinah Shore''', actress Diahann Carroll, actor and musician ], President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, actor ], and entertainer ].]] | |||
She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in ]. In 2006, she appeared in the television medical drama '']'' as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. In 1991, Carrol played the role of Eleanor Potter, the wife of Jimmy Potter (Chuck Patterson), in "The Five Heartbeats," a musical drama film in which Jimmy is the manager of the group. In this role Carroll was a doting, concerned, and protective wife. She starred alongside actor and musician Robert Towsend, Leon Michael Wright, and others. | |||
Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series ''Julia'' (1968–71),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Bogle">{{cite book |last1=Bogle |first1=Donald |title=Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television |date=2015 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=9781466894457 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2UNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|141–151}} which made her the first African-American actress in a television series starring role that was not of a domestic worker.<ref name="Today"/><ref name="ABC"/> That role won her the ] for its first year,<ref name="Playbill"/><ref name=globes>{{cite web |url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/diahann-carroll |title=Diahann Carroll |website=Golden Globe Awards | access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> and a nomination for an ] in 1969.<ref name="Playbill"/> Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by ], ], ], ], and ], and on '']'' variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera '']'' at the end of its fourth season as the mixed-race ] diva ],<ref name=":0"/> ]'s half-sister.<ref name="ABC"/> Her high-profile role on ''Dynasty'' also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show and made several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, '']'' until she departed at the end of the seventh season in 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert, Whitley Gilbert's mother, in '']'', for which she received her third Emmy nomination that same year.<ref name="ABC"/> | |||
] | |||
In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by ]), in the musical drama film '']'' (1991),<ref name="Playbill"/> also featuring actor and musician ] and ]. She reunited with Billy Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Mrs. Greyson in '']''. The following year, Carroll starred as the self-loving,egotistical,corrupt,manipulative and deceptive silent movie star ] in the Canadian production of ]'s musical version of the film '']''. In 2001, Carroll made her animation debut in '']'',<ref name="K104.7">{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Glenisha |title=Groundbreaking Actress Diahann Carroll Dies At 84 |url=https://k1047.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-dies-84/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=K104.7 |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> in which she voiced ],<ref name="Perlmutter">{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538103746 |page=625 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22+%22Queen+La%22&pg=PA625 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> ruler of the ancient city of ].<ref name="Mayer">{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786477623 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
In 2006, Carroll appeared in several episodes of the television medical drama '']'' as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From 2008 to 2014, she appeared on ]'s series ] in the recurring role of ], the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to ].<ref name=miltovich>{{Cite news |first=Matt| last=Mitovich |title=Diahann Carroll Collars Role on USA Pilot |url= https://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Diahann-Carroll-1000414.aspx |journal=TV Guide |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled ''],'' and appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of ] novels: '']'' and ''The Front''.<ref name=sify>{{Cite news| url=http://sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163010/http://www.sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 11, 2011| title=Survivor celebs to join breast cancer film premiere| agency=]| date=September 1, 2010| work=] News| access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> | |||
She appeared as Nana in 2010 Lifetime Movies ''At Risk'' and ''The Front,'' movie adaptations of two ] novels. | |||
In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at the ] to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about ], nominated for '']'', "she better get this award."<ref name="Gray">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Ellen |title=A Little Off-Script |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197914666/?terms=%22Kerry%2BWashington%22%2B%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=September 23, 2013 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=31}}</ref> | |||
Carroll starred as the crazed silent movie star ] in the Canadian production of ]'s musical version of the classic film ]. | |||
== Personal life == | |||
In December 2008, Carroll was cast in ] series ] as ], the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Matt Mitovich |title=Diahann Carroll Collars Role on USA Pilot |url= http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Diahann-Carroll-1000414.aspx |journal=TV Guide |date=December 2, 2008 |accessdate=2009-01-04 }}</ref> | |||
Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding {{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} in 1956, to record producer ],<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> which was presided over by ] at the ] in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/now-that-diahann-carrolls-come-into-his-life-things-are-looking-up-for-crooner-vic-damone-vol-24-no-23/|title=Now That Diahann Carroll's Come into His Life, Things Are Looking Up for Crooner Vic Damone|last=Diliberto|first=Gioia|date=December 2, 1985|work=People}}</ref> Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/diahann-carroll-dead-obituary/|title=Diahann Carroll, TV Trailblazer and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 84|website=People|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Griffiths"/> | |||
In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/> In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Legs Are The Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way.|last=Carroll|first=Diahann |publisher=Amistad|year=2008|isbn=9780060763268|url=https://archive.org/details/legsarelasttogoa00carr}}</ref> Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be "jumping from one marriage straight into another." She refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/guess-whos-coming-to-terms-at-last-with-his-kids-racial-politics-and-life-sidney-poitier-vol-14-no-5/|title=Guess Who's Coming to Terms at Last with His Kids, Racial Politics and Life? Sidney Poitier|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 4, 1980|website=People}}</ref> | |||
In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama entitled, ''],''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/indian-star-rallies-celebrity-support-for-cancer-movie_1118440 |title=McG | Indian Star Rallies Celebrity Support For Cancer Movie |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=2009-10-08 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref> | |||
], Carroll and ] in 1973]] | |||
] was present on stage for the ], to briefly speak about her retrospective of being the first Afro-American woman, nominated in ] for a Primetime ], for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, "]". She quoted "talented ], better win!" | |||
Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer ] from 1970 until 1973.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/> In February 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> After four months of marriage, Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 9, 1973|title=It's Over! Diahann Carroll is Divorced|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|journal=Jet|page=54}}</ref> Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/05/women-television-film-oscar|title='I'm ambitious, dedicated and vain'|last=Iley|first=Chrissy|date=November 5, 2008|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | |||
On May 25, 1975, Carroll, then aged 39, married Robert DeLeon (1950–1977),<ref name="Jet mag">{{cite magazine|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=z0IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=diahann+carroll+husband+robert&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQmLH1kN2JAxUcLtAFHfDyGhgQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=diahann%20carroll%20husband%20robert&f=false|title=Robert DeLeon, Husband of Diahann Carroll, buried in Los Angeles|date=April 21, 1977|magazine=Jet}}</ref> the 24-year-old managing editor of '']'' magazine in New York City.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for ''Claudine''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/de-frosted-diahann-carroll-finds-comfort-with-an-ex-editor-15-years-her-junior-vol-6-no-8/|title=De-Frosted Diahann Carroll Finds 'Comfort' with an Ex-Editor 15 Years Her Junior|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 23, 1976|website=People}}</ref> DeLeon had a daughter, Monica, from a previous marriage.<ref name="Jet mag"/> Carroll moved to Chicago where ''Jet'' was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland.<ref name=":1" /> Carroll was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car crash in Beverly Hills on March 31, 1977.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanders|first=Charles L.|date=November 1979|title=Diahann Carroll: How the death of her youthful changed her life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA170|journal=Ebony|pages=164–170}}</ref><ref name="Jet mag"/><ref>{{Cite news | first1=Alan |last1=Feuer |first2=William K. |last2=Rashbaum | title=Blood Ties: 2 Officers' Long Path to Mob Murder Indictments | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/nyregion/12mob.html | work=]| date= March 12, 2005 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer ] in 1987.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{cite web| author=Rourke, Elizabeth | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography| url=http://www.answers.com/topic/diahann-carroll?cat=entertainment| website=Contemporary Black Biography| publisher=The Gale Group, Inc | year=2006 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Diahann_Carroll/199125 | website=Hollywood.com | year=2009 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Carroll married four times, the first, to record producer ]. The union produced a daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford (born September 9, 1960), who became a freelance media journalist. | |||
=== Charitable work === | |||
In 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. Several weeks later, she filed for divorce, charging Glusman with physical abuse. In 1975, she married Robert DeLeon, a managing editor of '']'' magazine. She was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash.<ref>{{cite news | author=Alan Feuer; William K. Rashbaum | title=Blood Ties: 2 Officers' Long Path to Mob Murder Indictments | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/nyregion/12mob.html?pagewanted=3 | work=The New York Times | date=12 March 2005 | accessdate=2009-01-04}}</ref> Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer ] in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, saw a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | author=Elizabeth Rourke | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography | url=http://www.answers.com/topic/diahann-carroll?cat=entertainment | work=Contemporary Black Biography| publisher=The Gale Group, Inc | year=2006 | accessdate=2009-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Diahann_Carroll/199125 Diahann Carroll | work=Hollywood.com | year=2009 | accessdate=2009-01-04}}</ref> Carroll for a time also dated and was engaged to British television host and producer ]. | |||
Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news| author=Carter, Bill |date=September 25, 1998| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/25/arts/mary-frann-55-bemused-wife-on-newhart.html | title=Mary Frann, 55, Bemused Wife on 'Newhart'| work=The New York Times|access-date= November 24, 2016}}</ref> | |||
== Illness, death, and memorial == | |||
==Work== | |||
Carroll was diagnosed with ] in 1997. She said the diagnosis "stunned" her, because there was no family history of breast cancer, and she had always led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent nine weeks of ] and had been clear for years after the diagnosis. She frequently spoke of the need for early detection and prevention of the disease.<ref name="ABC" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress and breast cancer survivor Diahann Carroll to address Baylor luncheon|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|access-date=May 15, 2018|work=Dallas News|date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184830/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|url-status=dead}}</ref> She died from cancer at her home in ], on October 4, 2019, at the age of 84.<ref name="ABC">{{Cite news|last=Moody |first=Nekesa Mumbi |title=Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies|url=https://www.news10.com/news/diahann-carroll-oscar-nominated-pioneering-actress-dies/|access-date= October 4, 2019|work=ABC News10|date=October 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Carroll also suffered from dementia at the time of her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on ''Julia'', said that she did not appear to show serious signs of cognitive decline as of late 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/style/diahann-carroll-marc-copage-julia.html|title = Diahann Carroll Was the Only Mother I Knew|work = ]|date = October 8, 2019|accessdate = March 18, 2022|last = Copage|first = Marc|url-access = limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Pioneering Actress Diahann Carroll Dead At 84 |work=] |access-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112130140/https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
== |
== Filmography == | ||
=== Film === | |||
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{{col-break|width=50%}} | |||
|- | |||
*''Chance of a Lifetime'' (1954) (four consecutive weeks as a contestant) | |||
! Year | |||
*'']'' (1954) | |||
! Title | |||
*'']'' (1960) as Dina Wright in episode "Sing a Song of Murder" | |||
! Role | |||
*''The Man in the Moon'' (1960) | |||
! Notes | |||
*'']'' (1960) (Recurring for several weeks) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1962) as Ruby Jay in episode "A Horse Has a Big Head – Let Him Worry!" | |||
| 1954 || '']'' || Myrt || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> | |||
*'']'' (1963) as Stella Young in episode "And God Created Vanity" | |||
|- | |||
* The Judy Garland Show – Episode #21 (1964) | |||
| 1959 || '']'' || Clara || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> | |||
*''Frank Sinatra-A Man And His Music Television Special'' (1968) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1968–1971) | |||
| rowspan=2|1961 || '']'' || Night Club Singer || <ref name="ABC"/> | |||
*'']'' (1976) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1977) as 'Roxy Blue,' a jazz superstar who has a brief, shipboard fling with Isaac the bartender in episode, "Isaac the Groupie." | |||
| '']'' || Connie Lampson || <ref name="ABC"/> | |||
*'']'' (1978) as Mermeia Holographic Wow | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (cast member from 1984–1987) | |||
| 1967 || '']'' || Vivian Turlow || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="McCann"/> | |||
*'']'' (recurring guest star 1985–1986) | |||
|- | |||
*''From the Dead of Night'' (1989) | |||
| 1968 || '']'' || Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC"/> | |||
*'']'' (1989–1993) | |||
|- | |||
{{col-break}} | |||
| 1974 || '']'' || Claudine || <ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> | |||
*''Murder in Black and White'' (1990) | |||
|- | |||
*''Sunday in Paris'' (1991) | |||
|1982 | |||
*'']'' (1994–1995) | |||
|'']'' | |||
*'']'' (1994) | |||
|Carolyne Lovejoy | |||
*''The Sweetest Gift'' (1998) | |||
| | |||
*'']'' (1999) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1999) | |||
| 1990 || '']'' || Jazz Club Singer || Uncredited | |||
*''The Courage to Love'' (2000) | |||
|- | |||
*''Sally Hemings: An American Scandal'' (2000) (miniseries) | |||
| 1991 || '']'' || Eleanor Potter || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
*''Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story'' (2000) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (2002) (canceled after 6 episodes) | |||
| 1992 || '']'' || Herself || <ref name="Kim">{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=L. S. |editor1-last=Alvarado |editor1-first=Manuel |editor2-last=Buonanno |editor2-first=Milly |editor3-last=Gray |editor3-first=Herman |editor4-last=Miller |editor4-first=Toby |title=The SAGE Handbook of Television Studies |date=2014 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=9781473911086 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Osf-AwAAQBAJ&q=%22Color+Adjustment%22+%22Diahann+Carroll%22&pg=PA383 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |chapter=Raced Audiences and the Logic of Representation}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jackson |first1=Sandra |title=Video Review: ''Color Adjustment'' |journal=Visual Sociology |year=1992 |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=89 |doi=10.1080/14725869208583697}}</ref> | |||
*'']'' (2003–2004) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (2004) Guest star as Mavis' mother, Viveca Rae, in episode "Mother's Little Helper" | |||
| 1997 || '']'' || Elzora || <ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
*'']'' (2006–2007) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (2009– ) | |||
| 2013 || '']'' || Nana Peeples || <ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamlet |first1=Janice D. |title=Tyler Perry: Interviews |date=2019 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781496824608 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbutDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Peeples%22+%22Diahann+Carroll%22&pg=PT30 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gay |first1=Roxanne |title=Bad Feminist |date=2014 |publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=9781472119742 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTmeBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Peeples%22+%22Diahann+Carroll%22&pg=PT129 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*''Diahann Carroll: The Lady. The Music. The Legend'' (2010) (filmed live in concert in ]) | |||
|- | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
| 2016 || '']'' || Ms. Edna || (final film role)<ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
|} | |||
=== Television === | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
{{col-break|width=50%}} | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! Notes | |||
! Ref | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1954 || '']'' || Herself || Four consecutive weeks as a contestant || <ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Herself || 1 episode || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1955 || '']'' || Anna || Episode: "Winner by Decision" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1957–61 ||'']'' || Herself || 28 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1957–68 ||'']'' || Herself || 9 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1959–62 ||'']'' || Herself || 8 episodes || <ref name="Inman">{{cite book |last1=Inman |first1=David M. |title=Television Variety Shows: Histories and Episode Guides to 57 Programs |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476608778 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOmoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|173–177}} | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1960 || '']'' || Dina Wright || Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder" || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1962 || '']'' || Mystery Guest || Episode: Diahann Carroll || <ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLteuggtA0o| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/BLteuggtA0o| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=What's My Line? – Sir Edmund Hillary; Diahann Carroll; Merv Griffin (May 20, 1962)|last=What's My Line?|date=May 26, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Ruby Jay || Episode: "A Horse Has a Big Head!" || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1963 || '']'' || Stella Young || Episode: "And God Created Vanity" || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}}<ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1963–75 || '']'' || Herself || 2 episodes ||<ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1964 || '']'' ||Herself || Episode 21 || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1964–69 || '']'' || Herself || 10 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1965 || '']'' || Herself || 1 episode (First Dean Martin Show) || | |||
|- | |||
| 1967–71 ||'']'' || Herself || 2 episodes || <ref name="Inman"/>{{rp|25,31}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1968–71 || '']'' || Julia Baker || 86 episodes || <ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Today"/><ref name="ABC"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1972–86 || '']'' || Herself || 3 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Dick Cavett Show |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-dick-cavett-show/episode-32144800/199514/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Movies tagged with: Diahann Carroll |url=https://dickcavettshow.com/index.php/component/zoo/tag/dick-cavett-show/Diahann%20Carroll |website=The Dick Cavett Show |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Littleton |first1=Cynthia |title='The Dick Cavett Show' Returns on CBS' Decades Digital Channel |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/dick-cavett-show-decades-super-bowl-joe-namath-1201682180/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Variety |date=January 18, 2016}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 1972 || '']'' || Herself || 1 episode || <ref name="Cosby">{{cite web |title=New Bill Cosby Show, The |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/new-bill-cosby-show |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 1975 || '']'' || Betty May || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1976 || '']'' || Herself || 4 episodes || <ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|154}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1977 || '']'' || Roxy Blue || Episode: "Isaac the Groupie" || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="K104.7"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1977–78 ||'']'' || Herself || 11 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1978 || '']'' || Mermeia Holographic || TV special || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1979 || '']'' || Zeona Haley || Episode: Part VI (1939-1950) || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|154}} | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Vivian || TV movie || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|154}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1982 || '']'' || Carolyne Lovejoy || TV movie || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|154}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1984–87 || '']'' || ] || 74 episodes || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Griffiths"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1985–86 || '']'' || Dominique Deveraux || 7 episodes || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Griffiths"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1989 || ''From the Dead of Night'' || Maggie || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|156}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1989–93 || '']'' || Marion Gilbert || 9 episodes || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="Playbill"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1990 || ''Murder in Black and White'' || Margo Stover || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|156}} | |||
|- | |||
| 1991 || ''Sunday in Paris'' ||Vernetta Chase || TV short || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1993 || '']'' || Mrs. Winters || Episode: "My Daughter's Keeper" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1994 || '']'' || Grace Gibson || Episode: "Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Ginger || Episode: "The Perfect Woman" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1994–95 || '']'' || Ida Grayson || 7 episodes || <ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1994 || '']'' || Lydia Bishop || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1995 || '']'' || Grace Willis || Episode: "The Driver" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 1998 || ''The Sweetest Gift'' || Mrs. Wilson || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=3|1999 || '']'' || Sadie Delany || TV movie || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|156}} | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Herself || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Jael || 2 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=4|2000 || '']'' || Pouponne || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Sally Hemings: An American Scandal'' || ] || Miniseries || <ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|156}} | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Crow || Episode: "Aesop's Fables: A Whodunit Musical" || <ref>{{cite news |title=Tuesday's Highlights: Best Bets |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/136360890/?terms=%22Happily%2BEver%2BAfter%3A%2BFairy%2BTales%2Bfor%2BEvery%2BChild%22%2B%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Democrat and Chronicle TV Week |date=July 16, 2000 |location=Rochester, New York |page=15}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || ] || TV movie || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2001 || '']'' || Queen La || Voice, 3 episodes || <ref name="K104.7"/><ref name="Perlmutter"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|2002 || '']'' || Justice DeSett || 6 episodes || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Grandma Ruth Thorne || Episode: "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2003 || '']'' || Eve Morton || Episode: "Love and Let Die" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2003–04 || '']'' || Aunt Ruthie || 2 episodes || <ref name="K104.7"/><ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2004 || '']'' || Viveca Rae || Episode: "Mother's Little Helper" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2006–07 || '']'' || Jane Burke || 5 episodes || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Griffiths"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|2008 || '']'' || Sandra Jenkins || Episode: "Hug & Tell" || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Narrator || Documentary || <ref name="McCann">{{cite book |last1=McCann |first1=Bob |title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786458042 |pages=71–73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA73 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jackson">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Constance Lillie |title=Over the River--: Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom, 1802-1880 : a Companion Book to the Epic Documentary of the Same Name |date=2008 |publisher=Permanent Productions |page=viii |isbn=9780981820408 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa0rAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2009–14 || '']'' || June Ellington || 25 episodes || <ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Griffiths"/> | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=3|2010 || '']'' || Nana Mary|| TV movie || <ref name="Evans">{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Diahann Carroll Dies: Groundbreaking Star Of TV's 'Julia' & Tony Winner Was 84 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/diahann-carroll-dies-groundbreaking-african-american-actress-star-of-tvs-julia-was-84-1202752405/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| ''The Front'' || Nana Evelyn || TV movie || <ref name="Evans"/> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Diahann Carroll: <Br/> The Lady. The Music. The Legend'' || Herself || Filmed live in concert in ] || <ref name="FrancisPS">{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Betty |title=One Night of Diahann |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/193952147/?terms=%22Palm%2BSprings%22%2B%22Diahann%2BCarroll%3A%2BThe%2BLady%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Desert Sun |date=May 16, 2010 |location=Palm Springs, California |page=B6}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2010–11 ||'']'' || Jane Marco || 7 episodes || <ref name="Playbill"/> | |||
|} | |||
=== |
=== Theater === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
*'']'' (1954) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1959) | |||
! Year | |||
*'']'' (1961) | |||
! Title | |||
*'']'' (1961) | |||
! Role | |||
*'']'' (1967) | |||
! Venue | |||
*'']'' (1968) | |||
! Ref. | |||
*'']'' (1974) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1982) | |||
|1954 || '']'' || Ottillie (alias Violet) || ], Broadway ||<ref name="McCann"/> | |||
*'']'' (1991) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (1992 (documentary) | |||
|1962 || '']'' || Barbara Woodroff || ], Broadway ||<ref name="McCann"/> | |||
*'']'' (1997) | |||
|- | |||
*'']'' (2008) (documentary) (narrator) | |||
|1977 || '']'' || Doris || Huntington Hartford Theatre || <ref name="ABC"/> | |||
|- | |||
|1979 || ''Black Broadway'' || Performer || Benefit concert || | |||
|- | |||
|1983 || '']'' || Dr. Martha Livingstone || ], Broadway ||<ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Kepler">{{cite news |last1=Kepler |first1=Adam W. |title='A Raisin in the Sun' Loses Diahann Carroll |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/theater/a-raisin-in-the-sun-loses-diahann-carroll.html |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|1990 || '']'' || Melissa Gardner || Los Angeles Production || <ref name="Pao">{{cite book |last1=Pao |first1=Angela C |title=No Safe Spaces: Re-casting Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Theater |date=2010 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=9780472051212 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wkc_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|1995 || '']'' || Norma Desmond || Ford Centre, Toronto ||<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
|1999 || '']'' || Performer || Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway || | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=2|2004 || '']'' || Performer || Theater of the Stars, Atlanta || <ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' || Ethel || ], Washington D.C. || <ref name="Kepler"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Uggams Replaces Carroll in On Golden Pond |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/93712/uggams-replaces-carroll-in-on-golden-pond/ |website=Broadway |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=September 22, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=On Golden Pond |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/on-golden-pond-3-1200526662/ |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Variety |date=April 7, 2005}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|2007 || ''Both Sides Now'' || Performer || Feinstein's at the Regency, New York ||<ref name="McCann"/> | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
=== Discography === | |||
{{col-break}} | |||
{{Div col}} | |||
* ''Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs'' (1957)<ref name="Rayno">{{cite book |last1=Rayno |first1=Don |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810883222 |page=287 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22+%22Nobody+Sees+Me+Cry%22&pg=PA287 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cochran |first1=Polly |title=Winding Gives Trombone Lesson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105605638/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%2BSings%2BHarold%2BArlen%2BSongs%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=July 7, 1957 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |pages=12–6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Trulock |first1=Harold |title=Gershwin and Sarah Are Winning Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312019767/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%2BSings%2BHarold%2BArlen%2BSongs%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Indianapolis News |date=June 27, 1957 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |page=41}}</ref> | |||
* ''Best Beat Forward'' (1958)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Phil |title=Girl Album Choice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/177974490/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22Best%2BBeat%2BForward%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=April 29, 1958 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=21}}</ref> | |||
* ''The Persian Room Presents Diahann Carroll'' (1959)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leonard |first1=Lloyd |title=Record Roundup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/147124026/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22The%2BPersian%2BRoom%2BPresents%2BDiahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |date=February 19, 1960 |location=Reno, Nevada |page=4}}</ref> | |||
* '']'' (1959) (with the ] Trio)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Phil |title=Record Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/176585371/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22Porgy%2Band%2BBess%22%2Brecord |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 18, 1959 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=21}}</ref> | |||
* ''The Magic of Diahann Carroll'' (with the André Previn Trio) (1960)<ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Rayno"/> | |||
* ''Fun Life'' (1961)<ref name="McCann"/> | |||
* The ], '']'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Downbeat |title=What's New On Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122822103/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22The%2BComedy%22%2B%22Modern%2BJazz%2BQuartet%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=December 29, 1963 |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |page=50}}</ref> | |||
* ''Showstopper!'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arganbright |first1=Frank |title=Listening On Records |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/262668595/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22Showstopper%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Journal and Courier |date=May 5, 1962 |location=Lafayette, Indiana |page=10}}</ref> | |||
* ''The Fabulous Diahann Carroll'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Letitia |title=New Releases Show Two Fine Sides of Andre Previn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/327310164/?terms=%22The%2BFabulous%2BDiahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Tampa Times |date=August 6, 1962 |location=Tampa, Florida |page=27}}</ref> | |||
* ''You're Adorable: Love Songs for Children'' (1967)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews |magazine=Billboard |date=October 16, 1965 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22+%22You%27re+Adorable%22&pg=PA52 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
* ''Nobody Sees Me Cry'' (1967)<ref name="Rayno"/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Diahann Caroll Waxes Album, 'Nobody Sees Me Cry' |journal=Jet |date=March 9, 1967 |volume=XXXI |issue=22 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> | |||
* ''Diahann Carroll'' (1974)<ref name="Coffin">{{cite news |last1=Coffin |first1=Howard A. |title=Diahann Carroll Shed Glamor for 'Claudine' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/180424832/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2Brecord%2Balbum |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=M1}}</ref> | |||
* ''A Tribute to Ethel Waters'' (1978)<ref name="Rayno"/> | |||
* ''The Time of My Life'' (1997)<ref name="Rayno"/> | |||
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* 1992: ] ].<ref name=WIF>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |publisher=Women In Film |access-date=May 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> | |||
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* 2000: NAACP Image Award — ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years''<ref name="NAACP">{{cite web |title=NAACP Mourns Passing of Trailblazer Diahann Carroll |url=https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-mourns-passing-diahann-carroll/ |website=NAACP |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007085517/https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-mourns-passing-diahann-carroll/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
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* 2016: Hollywood Legacy Award | |||
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* 1969 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series – '']'' | |||
* 1963 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – '']'' | |||
* 1970 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Television Series – '']'' | |||
* 1975 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Motion Picture – '']'' | |||
* 1975 Academy Award for Best Actress – '']'' | |||
* 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – '']'' | |||
* 1992 ] ].<ref name=WIF>{{cite web|title=Past Recipients: Crystal Award|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|work=Women In Film|accessdate=May 10, 2011}}</ref> | |||
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* 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Children's Special/Series – '']'' | |||
* 2000 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series/Television Movie – ''Having a Say: The Delany Sisters' 1st 100 Years'' | |||
* 2005 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Series – '']'' | |||
* 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – '']<nowiki/>y'' | |||
== Further reading == | |||
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* {{Cite book |last=Carroll |first=Diahann |title=The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Other Things I Learned Along the Way |date=2009 |publisher=HarperPaperbacks |isbn=9780060763275 |location=New York}} | |||
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* {{Cite book |last=Carroll |first=Diahann |last2=Firestone |first2=Ross |url=https://archive.org/details/diahannautobiogr00carr |title=Diahann: An Autobiography |date=1987 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0804101310 |edition=1st Ivy Books |location=New York}} | |||
* {{Cite book |last=Plowden |first=Martha Ward |title=Famous Firsts of Black Women |date=2002 |publisher=Pelican Pub. Co. |others=Illustrated by Ronald Jones |isbn=9781565541979 |edition=2nd |location=Gretna, LA}} | |||
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American actress and singer (1935–2019)
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Born | Carol Diann Johnson (1935-07-17)July 17, 1935 New York City, U.S. |
Died | October 4, 2019(2019-10-04) (aged 84) West Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University |
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Years active | 1950–2016 |
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Children | 1 |
Diahann Carroll (/daɪˈæn/ dy-AN; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five Emmy Award nominations.
Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including the classic movie musicals Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her title role in the romantic comedy-drama film Claudine (1974). Carroll's other notable film credits include Paris Blues (1961), The Split (1968), Eve's Bayou (1997), and Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years (1999).
She starred in the title role in Julia (1968-1971), for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female. The series was the first on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. In the show Carroll played a nurse and single mother. She played the role of Dominique Deveraux, a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera Dynasty from 1984 to 1987. She also had roles in Naked City, A Different World, and Grey's Anatomy.
Carroll made her Broadway debut playing Ottilie Alias Violet in the musical House of Flowers (1954). She became the first African-American woman to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical No Strings (1962).
Early years
Carol Diann Johnson was born in the Bronx, New York City, on July 17, 1935, to John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel (Faulk), a nurse. While Carroll was still an infant, the family moved to Harlem, where she grew up except for a brief period in which her parents had left her with an aunt in North Carolina. She attended Music and Art High School, and was a classmate of Billy Dee Williams. In many interviews about her childhood, Carroll recalls her parents' support, and their enrolling her in dance, singing, and modeling classes. By the time Carroll was 15, she was modeling for Ebony. "She also began entering television contests, including Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, under the name Diahann Carroll." After graduating from high school, she attended New York University, where she majored in sociology, "but she left before graduating to pursue a show-business career, promising her family that if the career did not materialize after two years, she would return to college."
Career
Carroll's big break came at the age of 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James. On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, "Why Was I Born?" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Quarter nightclubs soon followed.
Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers. A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward in the film Paris Blues (1961) and won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (the first time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role alongside James Earl Jones in the film Claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made guest appearances on Julia as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role. Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974.
Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series Julia (1968–71), which made her the first African-American actress in a television series starring role that was not of a domestic worker. That role won her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female for its first year, and a nomination for an Primetime Emmy Award in 1969. Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty at the end of its fourth season as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington's half-sister. Her high-profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show and made several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys until she departed at the end of the seventh season in 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert, Whitley Gilbert's mother, in A Different World, for which she received her third Emmy nomination that same year.
In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by Chuck Patterson), in the musical drama film The Five Heartbeats (1991), also featuring actor and musician Robert Townsend and Michael Wright. She reunited with Billy Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Mrs. Greyson in Lonesome Dove: The Series. The following year, Carroll starred as the self-loving,egotistical,corrupt,manipulative and deceptive silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the film Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, Carroll made her animation debut in The Legend of Tarzan, in which she voiced Queen La, ruler of the ancient city of Opar.
In 2006, Carroll appeared in several episodes of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From 2008 to 2014, she appeared on USA Network's series White Collar in the recurring role of June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey. In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a Minute, and appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk and The Front.
In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, "she better get this award."
Personal life
Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding in 1956, to record producer Monte Kay, which was presided over by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962. Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter.
In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be "jumping from one marriage straight into another." She refused.
Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973. In February 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. After four months of marriage, Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.
On May 25, 1975, Carroll, then aged 39, married Robert DeLeon (1950–1977), the 24-year-old managing editor of Jet magazine in New York City. They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine. DeLeon had a daughter, Monica, from a previous marriage. Carroll moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland. Carroll was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car crash in Beverly Hills on March 31, 1977. Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.
Charitable work
Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Joan Van Ark.
Illness, death, and memorial
Carroll was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. She said the diagnosis "stunned" her, because there was no family history of breast cancer, and she had always led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent nine weeks of radiation therapy and had been clear for years after the diagnosis. She frequently spoke of the need for early detection and prevention of the disease. She died from cancer at her home in West Hollywood, California, on October 4, 2019, at the age of 84. Carroll also suffered from dementia at the time of her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on Julia, said that she did not appear to show serious signs of cognitive decline as of late 2017.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Carmen Jones | Myrt | |
1959 | Porgy and Bess | Clara | |
1961 | Goodbye Again | Night Club Singer | |
Paris Blues | Connie Lampson | ||
1967 | Hurry Sundown | Vivian Turlow | |
1968 | The Split | Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy | |
1974 | Claudine | Claudine | |
1982 | Sister, Sister | Carolyne Lovejoy | |
1990 | Mo' Better Blues | Jazz Club Singer | Uncredited |
1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Eleanor Potter | |
1992 | Color Adjustment | Herself | |
1997 | Eve's Bayou | Elzora | |
2013 | Tyler Perry Presents Peeples | Nana Peeples | |
2016 | The Masked Saint | Ms. Edna | (final film role) |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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1954 | Chance of a Lifetime | Herself | Four consecutive weeks as a contestant | |
The Red Skelton Hour | Herself | 1 episode | ||
1955 | General Electric Theater | Anna | Episode: "Winner by Decision" | |
1957–61 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show | Herself | 28 episodes | |
1957–68 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Herself | 9 episodes | |
1959–62 | The Garry Moore Show | Herself | 8 episodes | |
1960 | Peter Gunn | Dina Wright | Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder" | |
The Man in the Moon | TV movie | |||
1962 | What's My Line? | Mystery Guest | Episode: Diahann Carroll | |
Naked City | Ruby Jay | Episode: "A Horse Has a Big Head!" | ||
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Stella Young | Episode: "And God Created Vanity" | |
1963–75 | The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 2 episodes | |
1964 | The Judy Garland Show | Herself | Episode 21 | |
1964–69 | The Hollywood Palace | Herself | 10 episodes | |
1965 | The Dean Martin Show | Herself | 1 episode (First Dean Martin Show) | |
1967–71 | The Carol Burnett Show | Herself | 2 episodes | |
1968–71 | Julia | Julia Baker | 86 episodes | |
1972–86 | The Dick Cavett Show | Herself | 3 episodes | |
1972 | The New Bill Cosby Show | Herself | 1 episode | |
1975 | Death Scream | Betty May | TV movie | |
1976 | The Diahann Carroll Show | Herself | 4 episodes | |
1977 | The Love Boat | Roxy Blue | Episode: "Isaac the Groupie" | |
1977–78 | Hollywood Squares | Herself | 11 episodes | |
1978 | Star Wars Holiday Special | Mermeia Holographic | TV special | |
1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Zeona Haley | Episode: Part VI (1939-1950) | |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Vivian | TV movie | ||
1982 | Sister, Sister | Carolyne Lovejoy | TV movie | |
1984–87 | Dynasty | Dominique Deveraux | 74 episodes | |
1985–86 | The Colbys | Dominique Deveraux | 7 episodes | |
1989 | From the Dead of Night | Maggie | TV movie | |
1989–93 | A Different World | Marion Gilbert | 9 episodes | |
1990 | Murder in Black and White | Margo Stover | TV movie | |
1991 | Sunday in Paris | Vernetta Chase | TV short | |
1993 | The Sinbad Show | Mrs. Winters | Episode: "My Daughter's Keeper" | |
1994 | Burke's Law | Grace Gibson | Episode: "Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" | |
Evening Shade | Ginger | Episode: "The Perfect Woman" | ||
1994–95 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Ida Grayson | 7 episodes | |
1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle |
Lydia Bishop | TV movie | |
1995 | Touched by an Angel | Grace Willis | Episode: "The Driver" | |
1998 | The Sweetest Gift | Mrs. Wilson | TV movie | |
1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years |
Sadie Delany | TV movie | |
Jackie's Back | Herself | TV movie | ||
Twice in a Lifetime | Jael | 2 episodes | ||
2000 | The Courage to Love | Pouponne | TV movie | |
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Betty Hemings | Miniseries | ||
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Crow | Episode: "Aesop's Fables: A Whodunit Musical" | ||
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story | Maria Cole | TV movie | ||
2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | Queen La | Voice, 3 episodes | |
2002 | The Court | Justice DeSett | 6 episodes | |
Half & Half | Grandma Ruth Thorne | Episode: "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode" | ||
2003 | Strong Medicine | Eve Morton | Episode: "Love and Let Die" | |
2003–04 | Soul Food | Aunt Ruthie | 2 episodes | |
2004 | Whoopi | Viveca Rae | Episode: "Mother's Little Helper" | |
2006–07 | Grey's Anatomy | Jane Burke | 5 episodes | |
2008 | Back to You | Sandra Jenkins | Episode: "Hug & Tell" | |
Over the River...Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom |
Narrator | Documentary | ||
2009–14 | White Collar | June Ellington | 25 episodes | |
2010 | At Risk | Nana Mary | TV movie | |
The Front | Nana Evelyn | TV movie | ||
Diahann Carroll: The Lady. The Music. The Legend |
Herself | Filmed live in concert in Palm Springs, California | ||
2010–11 | Diary of a Single Mom | Jane Marco | 7 episodes |
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1954 | House of Flowers | Ottillie (alias Violet) | Alvin Theatre, Broadway | |
1962 | No Strings | Barbara Woodroff | 54th Street Theatre, Broadway | |
1977 | Same Time, Next Year | Doris | Huntington Hartford Theatre | |
1979 | Black Broadway | Performer | Benefit concert | |
1983 | Agnes of God | Dr. Martha Livingstone | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | |
1990 | Love Letters | Melissa Gardner | Los Angeles Production | |
1995 | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | Ford Centre, Toronto | |
1999 | The Vagina Monologues | Performer | Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway | |
2004 | Bubbling Brown Sugar | Performer | Theater of the Stars, Atlanta | |
On Golden Pond | Ethel | Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. | ||
2007 | Both Sides Now | Performer | Feinstein's at the Regency, New York |
Discography
- Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs (1957)
- Best Beat Forward (1958)
- The Persian Room Presents Diahann Carroll (1959)
- Porgy and Bess (1959) (with the André Previn Trio)
- The Magic of Diahann Carroll (with the André Previn Trio) (1960)
- Fun Life (1961)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Comedy (1962)
- Showstopper! (1962)
- The Fabulous Diahann Carroll (1962)
- You're Adorable: Love Songs for Children (1967)
- Nobody Sees Me Cry (1967)
- Diahann Carroll (1974)
- A Tribute to Ethel Waters (1978)
- The Time of My Life (1997)
Awards and nominations
- 2011: Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame
- 1992: Women in Film Crystal Award.
- 1998: Women in Film Lucy Award
- 2000: NAACP Image Award — Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
- 2005: NAACP Image Award — Soul Food
- 2016: Hollywood Legacy Award
Notes
- Tied with Anna Maria Alberghetti for Carnival!.
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Further reading
- Carroll, Diahann (2009). The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Other Things I Learned Along the Way. New York: HarperPaperbacks. ISBN 9780060763275.
- Carroll, Diahann; Firestone, Ross (1987). Diahann: An Autobiography (1st Ivy Books ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0804101310.
- Plowden, Martha Ward (2002). Famous Firsts of Black Women. Illustrated by Ronald Jones (2nd ed.). Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co. ISBN 9781565541979.
External links
- Diahann Carroll at IMDb
- Official website (archived)
- Diahann Carroll at Find a Grave
- Diahann Carroll discography at Discogs
- Diahann Carroll at the TCM Movie Database
- Diahann Carroll at The HistoryMakers
- Diahann Carroll at the Internet Broadway Database
- Diahann Carroll at Playbill Vault
- Diahann Carroll at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Diahann Carroll at the National Visionary Leadership Project
- Diahann Carroll at Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)
- Diahann Carroll at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
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