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Diahann Carroll
photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
Birth name	Carol Diahann Johnson
Born	July 17, 1935 (age 71) Bronx, New York, USA
Years active	1954-present
Spouse(s)	Vic Damone (1987-1996) Robert DeLeon (1975-1977) Fredde Glusman (1973-1973) Monte Kay (1956-1963)
Official site	www.DiahannCarroll.net
Notable roles	Claudine in Claudine Julia Baker in Julia
Tony Awards
Best Leading Actress in a Musical 1962 No Strings

Diahann Carroll (b. July 17, 1935) is an Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award winning American actress and singer. Born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, she attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. Her family moved to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City when she was one and a half years old.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Theatre and Stage 4 Television 5 Filmography 6 Awards/Nominations 7 References 8 External links

Her first film assignment was a supporting role in Carmen Jones in 1954, playing a friend of the sultry Carmen played by Dorothy Dandridge. She then starred in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In 1959, she played Clara in the film version of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess along with such distinguished actors as Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., and Pearl Bailey. All singing voices were dubbed in the film, with the exception of Pearl Bailey, with the opera singer Loulie Jean Norman standing in for Carroll. In 1974 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Claudine.

Carroll is probably best known for her title role in Julia in 1968. This landmark accomplishment established Carroll as the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role in 1969, and won the Golden Globe Award for “Best Actress In A Television Series” in 1968^[1] Her first Emmy nomination came in 1963 for her work in Naked City. Some of Carroll's other earlier television work includes appearances on shows hosted by Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson and Ed Sullivan, and The Hollywood Palace variety show.

In the 1980s, she starred in the series Dynasty and The Colbys, as the jet setter, Dominique Deveraux-Lloyd. Carroll mused at the lavish wardrobing on these shows, comparing it to the US$50 budget for her nurse's uniform on Julia.^{[citation needed]} It was for her recurring role as Marion Gilbert in A Different World that she received her third Emmy nomination 1989. In 2006, Carroll made a guest appearance in the television comedy/drama Grey's Anatomy as the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke.

Carroll starred in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the classic film Sunset Boulevard . She played the lead role, crazed silent movie star Norma Desmond, with the role of Joe Gillis played by Rex Smith.

Carroll has had four marriages, one of which produced a daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford, who became a freelance media journalist. She married last in 1987 to her fourth husband, singer Vic Damone, which lasted until 1996.

Carroll is a breast cancer activist and survivor, who in order to draw attention to the cause, invited a camera crew into her treatment room for a national broadcast special.

• Sunset Boulevard - Norma Desmond
• Agnes of God (1982) - Doctor Martha Livingstone
• No Strings (1962) - Barbara Woodruff
• House of Flowers (1954) - Ottilie

The Court (2002) Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000) Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000) The Courage to Love (2000) Jackie's Back! (1999) Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999) The Sweetest Gift (1998) A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994) Sunday in Paris (1991) Murder in Black and White (1990) From the Dead of Night (1989) Dynasty (1984-1987) Sister, Sister (1982) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) Roots: The Next Generations (1979) The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) The Diahann Carroll Show (1976) Death Scream (1975) Julia (1968-1971) Naked City 1962 The Man in the Moon (1960)

Eve's Bayou (1997) Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995) Color Adjustment (1992) The Five Heartbeats (1991) Claudine (1974) The Split (1968) Hurry Sundown (1967) Paris Blues (1961) Goodbye Again (1961) Porgy and Bess (1959) Carmen Jones (1954)

Academy Awards

• 1975 Best Actress: Claudine (Nominated)

Daytime Emmy Awards

• 1999 Outstanding Performance in a Children's Special/Series: The Sweetest Gift (Nominated)

Emmy Awards

• 1989 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: A Different World (Nominated)
• 1969 Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia (Nominated)
• 1963 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Naked City (Nominated)

Golden Globes

• 1975 Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Motion Picture: Claudine (Nominated)
• 1970 Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Television Series: Julia (Nominated)
• 1968 Best TV Star- Female: Julia (Winner)

Image Awards

• 2005 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Series: Soul Food (Nominated)
• 2000 Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series/Television Movie: Having a Say: The Delany Sisters' 1st 100 Years (Nominated)

• Diahann Carroll Offical website
• Diahann Carroll at the Internet Broadway Database
• Diahann Carroll at the Internet Movie Database
• Diahann Carroll at the Notable Names Database
• Diahann Carroll at the TCM Movie Database
• Diahann Carroll at TV.com
• Diahann Carroll at Yahoo! Movies
• Archive of American Television Interview with Diahann Carroll March 2, 1994 on Google Video

Awards
Preceded by Elizabeth Seal Irma La Douce	Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 1962 No Strings	Succeeded by Vivien Leigh Tovarich