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Diahann Carroll
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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 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.
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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 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
The Ed Sullivan Show
Tony Awards
The Oscars
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Touched by an Angel
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Carol Burnett Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Love Boat
Golden Globe Awards
The Danny Kaye Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
A Different World
The Merv Griffin Show
Burke's Law
Whoopi
Soul Food
The Big Show
The Judy Garland Show
Peter Gunn
DuPont Show of the Month
Grey's Anatomy
The Flip Wilson Show
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Dynasty
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
Hurry Sundown
White Collar
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Julia
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