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Diahann Carroll (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n / dy-AN; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist.Before her death she was one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including her Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.
Diahann Carroll. Actress: Julia. One of television's premier African-American series stars, elegant actress, singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. The first child of John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel Faulk Johnson, a nurse; music was an important part of her life as a child, singing at age six ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Diahann Carroll in a 1972 publicity photo. She defended the ground-breaking sitcom “Julia,” but acknowledged that in portraying the black experience it made many concessions to the middle ...
Oct 4, 2019 · CNN —. Diahann Carroll, who pioneered television with her starring role in the 1968 series “Julia,” died Friday, her daughter Suzanne Kay confirmed to CNN. Carroll was 84. She died early ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Diahann Carroll, the elegant star of stage and screen who changed the course of television history as the first African American woman to be cast as a professional rather than a domestic worker in ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Diahann Carroll was the first African American actress to star in her own sitcom where she did not play a domestic worker. In 1968, she won a Golden Globe Award for her role on Julia.
Diahann Carroll. Actress: Julia. One of television's premier African-American series stars, elegant actress, singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. The first child of John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel Faulk Johnson, a nurse; music was an important part of her life as a child, singing at age six ...
Oct 4, 2019 · Diahann Carroll, the Tony-winning and Oscar-nominated actress who was the first black woman to star in her own TV show, has died at 84. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV
Oct 4, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died.
