Diahann Carroll Biography (1935-)

Born Carol Diahann Johnson, July 17, 1935, in Bronx, NY; daughter of John andMabel (Faulk) Johnson; married Monte Kay (divorced); married Freddie Glusman(a Las Vegas clothier), 1973 (divorced, 1973); married Robert De Leon (a magazine managing editor), 1975 (died, 1977); married Vic Damone (a singer), January, 1987 (divorced, 1996); children: (first marriage) Suzanne Ottilie. Education: Attended New York University. Addresses: Agent--William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Career: Actress and singer. Member: American Federation of Television andRadio Artists, Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association. Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award, best actress in a musical, 1962, for No Strings; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding single performance by anactress in a leading role, 1963, for Naked City; Golden Globe Award,best female television star, and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding continuedperformance by an actress in a leading role in a comedy series, both 1969, and Golden Globe Award nomination, 1970, all for Julia; Academy Award nomination, best actress, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actress in a musical or comedy, 1975, both for Claudine; Image Award, best actress, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,1976; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actress in a comedy series, 1989, for "She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage," A Different World; Women in Film, Crystal Award, 1992, Lucy Award, 1998; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in a children's special, 1998, for The Sweetest Gift; Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a televisionspecial, 1999, for Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years; inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame. Addresses:Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, singer
Birth Details: July 17, 1935; Bronx, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
House of Flowers, Broadway production, 1954
No Strings, Broadway production, c. 1962
Dr. Martha Livingston, Agnes of God, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1983
Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, 1995-96
Also appeared in Same Time, Next Year, Broadway production.
Film Appearances
Myrt, Carmen Jones, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
Clara, Porgy and Bess, Columbia, 1959
Singer, Goodbye Again(also known as Aimez-vous Brahms?), United Artists, 1961
Connie Lampson, Paris Blues, United Artists, 1961
Vivian Thurlow, Hurry Sundown, Paramount, 1967
Ellie, The Split, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Title role, Claudine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Herself, Color Adjustment, California Newsreel, 1991
Eleanor Potter, The Five Heartbeats, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Elzora, Eve's Bayou, Trimark Pictures, 1997
Television Appearances
Series
Julia Baker, Julia, NBC, 1968-71
The Diahann Carroll Show, CBS, 1976
The Rene Simard Show,1977
Dominique Deveraux Lloyd (Millie White), Dynasty, ABC, 1984-87
Ida Grayson, Lonesome Dove: The Series,1992
Miniseries
Zeona Haley, Roots: The Next Generation, ABC, 1979
Maggie Corwin, From the Dead of Night, NBC, 1989
Betty Hemmings, Sally Hemmings: An American Scandal, CBS, 2000
Movies
Betty May, Death Scream(also known as Streetkill and TheWoman Who Cried Murder), ABC, 1975
Vivian, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, CBS, 1979
Carolyne Lovejoy, Sister, Sister, NBC, 1982
Margo Stover, Murder in Black and White, CBS, 1990
Lydia Bishop, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle(also known as The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle), NBC, 1994
Mrs. Wilson, The Sweetest Gift, Showtime, 1998
Sarah L. "Sadie" Delany, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First100 Years, CBS, 1999
Herself, Jackie's Back!(also known as Jackie's Back: Portrait of a Diva), Lifetime, 1999
Pouponne, The Courage to Love, Lifetime, 2000
Episodic
Chance of a Lifetime, ABC and The DuMont Network, 1953
"Sing a Song of Murder," Peter Gunn, NBC, 1960
Song performer, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, NBC, 1961
Ruby Jay, "A Horse Has a Big Head--Let Him Worry," Naked City, ABC, 1962
"And Man Created Vanity," Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
Guest host, On Parade, NBC, 1964
The Danny Kaye Show(three episodes), CBS, 1964
The Danny Kaye Show, CBS, 1965
International Cabaret,1965
"C'est la Vie," ABC Stage '67, ABC, 1967

The Danny Kaye Show, CBS, 1967
"Issac the Groupie," The Love Boat, ABC, 1977
"Strike Up the Band," Webster, ABC, 1985
"Mary McLeod Bethune," An American Portrait, CBS, 1985
Dominique Deveraux, The Colbys, ABC, 1985
Marion Gilbert, "For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage," A Different World, NBC, 1989
Marion Gilbert, "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls," A Different World, NBC, 1989
Marion Gilbert, "Do You Take This Woman?" A Different World, NBC,1991
Marion Gilbert, "Save the Best for Last," A Different World, NBC,1992
Marion Gilbert, "Faith, Hope, and Charity," Parts 1-2, A Different World, NBC, 1992
Mrs. Winters, "My Daughter's Keeper," The Sinbad Show,1993
Marion Gilbert, "When One Door Closes...," A Different World, NBC,1993
"Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" Burke's Law,1994
Grace Willis, "The Driver," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1995
Herself, "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute," Ellen, ABC, 1998
Jael, "Double Exposure," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 1999
Jael, "O'er the Ramparts We Watched," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 1999
Pilots
20th Century Follies, ABC, 1972
Specials
Crescendo, CBS, 1957
Music U.S.A., CBS, 1958
The Man in the Moon, NBC, 1960
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing, CBS, 1968
The Bob Goulet Show Starring Robert Goulet, ABC, 1970
Anthony Newley Show, ABC, 1971
Hotel 90, CBS, 1973
Flip Wilson Special, NBC, 1974
Telly ... Who Loves Ya, Baby? CBS, 1976
The Beatles Forever, NBC, 1977
"Holographic Wow," The Star Wars Holiday Special,1978
Bob Hope's All Star Birthday, NBC, 1979
Bob Hope--Hope, Women and Song, NBC, 1980
Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1982
The Love Boat Fall Preview, ABC, 1984
George Burns' How to Live to Be 100, NBC, 1984
The Night of 100 Stars II, ABC, 1985
Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps, NBC, 1985
The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1985
Walt Disney World's 15th Birthday Celebration, ABC, 1986
George Burns' 90th Birthday Special, CBS, 1986
Bob Hope's All-Star Super Bowl Party, NBC, 1986
Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS,1987
Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne, PBS, 1987
America's Tribute to Bob Hope, NBC, 1988
Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1989
Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 1990
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come, CBS, 1990
Sunday in Paris, NBC, 1991
Gladys Knight's Holiday Family Reunion Concert, syndicated, 1991
A Capitol Fourth, PBS, 1991
Host, Celebrate the Soul of American Music, syndicated, 1991
The 19th Annual Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1992
Narrator, Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale, ABC, 1995
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
Herself, Motown 40: The Music Is Forever, ABC, 1998
Porgy and Bess: An American Voice, PBS, 1998
Presenter, The 29th NAACP Image Awards,1998
An All Star Party for Aaron Spelling, ABC, 1998
Intimate Portrait: Diahann Carroll, Lifetime, 1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood,1998
Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Stars over Mississippi, with Prince Edward, PBS, 1999
Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Holly Robinson Peete, Lifetime, 2000
RECORDINGS
Albums
Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs, RCA Victor, 1957
Porgy and Bess(cast recording), United Artists Records, 1959
The Fabulous Diahann Carroll, United Artists Records, 1962
Nobody Sees Me Cry, Columbia, 1966
Diahann Carroll, Harmony, 1969 Motown, 1974
WRITINGS
Memoirs
Diahann: An Autobiography, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1986

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