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Diahann Carroll (English pronunciation: /(ˌ)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.
Early yearsCarroll was born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, to John Johnson of Aiken, South Carolina and Mabel Faulk[1] 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 schoolmateBilly 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.
At the age of 18, Carroll got her big break when she appeared as a contestant on the Dumont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime. On the show which aired Friday, January 8, 1954, Carroll took the $1,000 top prize on the strength of her rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, "Why Was I Born?". She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Quarternightclubs soon followed.[2] Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954) as a friend of the sultry lead character. 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, but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. She made a guest star appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" in 1960. In 1962 she won the Tony Award for best actress (a first for a black woman) for the role of Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. In 1974, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Claudine.
"CLAUDINE"
Carroll is best known for her title role in the 1968 television series Julia, which made her 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 in 1969, and won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress In A Television Series" in 1968.[3] Her first Emmy nomination had come in 1963 for Naked City. Some of her other earlier work included appearances on shows hosted by Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Judy Garland and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty as the jetsetter Dominique Deveraux, half-sister ofBlake Carrington (played by actor John Forsythe). Her high profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with actorBilly Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show until 1987, simultaneously making several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys. She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World. In 2006, she appeared in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke.
She appeared as Nana in 2010 Lifetime Movies At Risk and The Front, movie adaptations of two Patricia Cornwell novels. Carroll starred as the crazed silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the classic film Sunset Boulevard. In December 2008, Carroll was cast in USA Network’s series White Collar as June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey.[4] Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama entitled, 1 a Minute, released in 2010
Carroll has had four marriages, the first of which, with the record producer Monte Kay, produced a daughter, Suzanne Kay Bamford (born September 9, 1960), who became a freelance media journalist. In 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. She and British television host and producer David Frosthad been dating at the time, and were actually engaged. Several weeks later, she filed for divorce, charging Glusman with physical abuse. In 1975, she married Robert DeLeon, a managing editor of Jet magazine. She was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash.[6] Carroll's fourth and last marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, saw a legal separation in 1991, a reconciliation, and finally divorce in 1996.[
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FilmographyActress (60 titles)
2009-2012White Collar (TV series)
June – Judgment Day (2012) … June
– Stealing Home (2012) … June
– Pulling Strings (2012) … June
– Taking Account (2011) … June
2010Diary of a Single Mom (TV series)
Therapist / Dr. Cole – Paradox (2010) … Therapist
– Aplomb (2010) … Therapist
– Burnt Beans (2010) … Dr. Cole
– Struggling or Surviving (2010) … Therapist
– By Omission (2010) … Therapist
2006-2007Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Jane Burke – Love/Addiction (2007) … Jane Burke
– Didn't We Almost Have It All? (2007) … Jane Burke
– The Other Side of This Life: Part 1 (2007) … Jane Burke
– The Other Side of This Life: Part 2 (2007) … Jane Burke
– I Am a Tree (2006) … Jane Burke
2003-2004Soul Food (TV series)
Aunt Ruthie – In the Garden (2004) … Aunt Ruthie
– Truth's Consequences (2003) … Aunt Ruthie
2002Half & Half (TV series)
Grandma Ruth Thorne – The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode (2002) … Grandma Ruth Thorne
2001The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)
Queen La – Tarzan and the Return of La (2001) … Queen La
– Tarzan and the Leopard Men Rebellion (2001) … Queen La
– The Lost City of Opar (2001) … Queen La (voice)
1999Twice in a Lifetime (TV series)
Jael – O'er the Ramparts We Watched (1999) … Jael
– Double Exposure (1999) … Jael
1994-1995Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV series)
Ida Grayson – Ties That Bind (1995) … Ida Grayson
– Down Come Rain: Part 2 (1994) … Ida Grayson
– Firebrand (1994) … Ida Grayson
– Long Shot (1994) … Ida Grayson
– O Western Wind: Part 1 (1994) … Ida Grayson
1995ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Narrator – Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995) … Narrator (voice)
1989-1993A Different World (TV series)
Marion Gilbert – When One Door Closes...: Part 2 (1993) … Marion Gilbert
– Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 1 (1992) … Marion Gilbert
– Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 2 (1992) … Marion Gilbert
– Save the Best for Last: Part 2 (1992) … Marion Gilbert
– Do You Take This Woman? (1991) … Marion Gilbert
1984-1987Dynasty (TV series)
Dominique Deveraux – Shadow Play (1987) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Affair (1987) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Confession (1987) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Sublet (1987) … Dominique Deveraux
– Valez (1987) … Dominique Deveraux
1985-1986The Colbys (TV series)
Dominique Deveraux – Jason's Choice (1986) … Dominique Deveraux
– No Exit (1986) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Wedding (1986) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Outcast (1986) … Dominique Deveraux
– The Pact (1986) … Dominique Deveraux
1979Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Zenitha Haley – Episode #1.6 (1979) … Zenitha Haley
1977The Love Boat (TV series)
Roxy Blue – Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity/Help! Murder! (1977) … Roxy Blue
1968-1971Julia (TV series)
Julia Baker – Anyone for Tenants? (1971) … Julia Baker
– The Gender Trap (1971) … Julia Baker
– Anniversary Faults (1971) … Julia Baker
– Swing Low, Sweet Charity (1971) … Julia Baker
– Paper Tigers (1971) … Julia Baker
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