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Diahann Carroll (/daɪˈæn ˈkær.əl/; born July 17, 1935, in New York, New York) is an American television and stage actress and singer. Diahann Carroll has had a long, successful career that has expanded throughout 5 decades.
Having appeared in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such as Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess, she starred in 1968's Julia, one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. Later she created the role of Dominique Deveraux on the popular prime time soap opera, Dynasty.
She is the recipient of numerous stage and screen awards and nominations. Carroll has been married four times and became the mother of a daughter in 1960. She is a breast cancer survivor and activist.
Carroll was born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, to John Johnson of Aiken, South Carolina and Mabel Faulk of Bladenboro, North Carolina. When Carroll was an infant, the family moved to Harlem where she grew up. She attended Music & Art High School, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. In many interviews about her childhood Diahann Carroll remembers her parents support of her and enrolled her in dance, singing and modeling classes. By the time Diahann Carroll was 15 she was modeling for Ebony Magazine she stood at 6 ft and had a lean build. After graduating high school, Diahann Carroll attended New York University to major in sociology.
Diahann Carroll Opens Up About Her Marriages | Master Class | Oprah Winfrey Network
Diahann Carroll's on Overcoming Her Parents' Abandonment | Master Class | Oprah Winfrey Network
Quiet Nights sung by Diahann Carroll
DIAHANN CARROLL/HW LEGACY AWARD(2016)
Diahann Carroll Interview [1984] First Day on Dynasty Set
Diahann Carroll: Claudine
Diahann Carroll discusses "Dynasty" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
Diahann Carroll - Archive Interview Part 1 of 8
Julia Starring Diahann Carrollin in I'm Dreaming Of A Black Christmas 1968 Part 1 Of 3
Judy Garland with Diahann Carroll-Rodgers and Arlen Medley