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Diahann Carroll

Jul 17, 1935 - Oct 04, 2019 (84 years old) in Bronx, New York, USA

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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.

Known For

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Grey's Anatomy
Jane Burke
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Strong Medicine
Eve Morton
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Half & Half
Grandma Ruth Thorne
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Touched by an Angel
Grace Willis
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Tony Awards
Self - Performer
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Dynasty
Dominique Devereaux
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Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice)
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The Love Boat
Roxy Blue
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The Legend of Tarzan
Queen La (voice)
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A Different World
Marion Gilbert

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