Most Recent Role: Sandra Jenkins on Back to You
Gender: Female
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, USA
Birthday: 7-17-1935
Birth Name: Carol Diahann Johnson
Gender: Female
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, USA
Birthday: 7-17-1935
Birth Name: Carol Diahann Johnson
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Diahann Carroll, a popular veteran actress, came onto the big screen in 1954, in a musical "Carmen Jones," for which she received many awards and immediately she became a celebrity. Diahann is famous for having 4 marriages, and for hooking up with many other celebrities. People mostly remember her as an amazing villain on "Dynasty," a popular primetime soap opera. To this day, Diahann appeared...
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Hug & Tell (1)
Wednesday 23 April 2008 on FOX
When Kelly and Chuck go into therapy to deal with Kelly's apprehension about telling Gracie that Chuck is her father, the situation becomes more complicated when their therapist brings out the worst in them. Meanwhile, Gary feels snubbed by the security guard who gives everyone a hug but him.
In 1984, Diahann joined the cast of a primetime soap opera Dynasty, and stayed with the show until 1987. She planned to return on the show during it's 10th season (1989), but the show was canceled after season 9.
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Diahann won a Golden Globe 1969, for her performance in a TV series named Julia.
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In 1998, Diahann won a Lucy Award, and one year later, she won a Crystal Award.
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In 1999, Diahann was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award, in the category of Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special, for The Sweetest Gift.
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Diahann was nominated 3 times for an Emmy award. She received the first nomination in 1963 for guest starring on TV series Naked City. The second nomination came in 1969, this time for a leading role in a comedy series named Julia. She received the third nomination in 1989 for guest starring in 2 episodes of A Different World, a popular comedy show.
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Diahann (About being recognized from Dynasty): You know I figure young people would say, "Oh yes, that's right-Dynasty!" How one came upon Dynasty in the eighties is really more of a highlight than being on Dynasty.
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Diahann: I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.
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Diahann (on filming Hurry Sundown in St. Francisville, Louisiana; where the cast and the crew was receiving death threats because they were filming the movie in the home of the Ku Klux Klan): You can cut the hostility here with a knife. I'm not a fighter. I usually smile and then go into my room and cry my eyes out. But down here, the terror has killed my taste for going anywhere.
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Other Appearances
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Dynasty
Dominique Deveraux (episodes 87-176) |
Julia
Julia Baker |
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Roots: The Next Generations
Zeona Haley |
The Court
Angela Desett |
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A Different World
Marion Gilbert |
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Ida Grayson |
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The Colbys
Dominique Deveraux |
The Ed Sullivan Show
Herself |
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The Hollywood Palace
Herself |
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ABC Stage 67
C'est La Vie Herself |
ABC Stage 67
A Time For Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America Herself |
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Back to You
Hug & Tell (1) Sandra Jenkins |
Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Beauty Queen? Grace Gibson |
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Dinah
March 27, 1975 Herself |
Disneyland
Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration Herself |
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