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Diahann Carroll
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American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)
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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson on July 17, 1935, in The Bronx, New York City) was an American actor, model, television actor, and stage actor. She was an African American woman who spoke English and was educated at New York University. Carroll was married to Vic Damone and passed away from natural causes in Los Angeles on October 4, 2019.
Her career included work with the record label RCA Victor, where she was associated with jazz, easy listening, and the American songbook. She received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. Additionally, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Carroll also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She is the author of works including *Legs Are the Last to Go* and *Diahann*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Legs Are the Last to Go
- Diahann
- Diahann
- The legs are the last to go
- Diahann
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Film & TV
Acting · Bronx, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Sidney — Self (archive footage)2022
- How It Feels to Be Free — Self (archival footage)2021
- The Masked Saint — Ms. Edna2016
- Light Girls — Self2015
- Peeples — Nana Peeples2013
- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington — Self2013
- Sing Your Song — Self2012
- The Front — Nana2010
- At Risk — Nana2010
- Diary of a Single Mom — Therapist2009
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935
- Active to
- 2019
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,514
- Total plays
- 45,707
Tags
Diahann Carroll (Carol Diahann Johnson, The Bronx, New York, USA, 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. Discography Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs (1957) <a hre
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance
· 1979 · cited 24,203x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?
· 1996 · cited 13,977x
- Synchronization in chaotic systems
· 1990 · cited 9,149x
- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria
· 2018 · cited 7,334x
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Key facts
- 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
- Occupations
- Actress singer model activist
- Years active
- 1950–2016
- Partners
- Sidney Poitier (1959–1968) David Frost (1970–1973)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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, an Academy Award nomination in 1974, and five Emmy Award nominations between 1963 and 2008.
Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts during the Golden Age of Hollywood, 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).
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