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'''Diahann Carroll''' ({{IPAc-en|d|aɪ|ˈ|æ|n}} {{respell|dy|AN}}; born '''Carol Diann Johnson'''; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including her ] in 1962, ] in 1968, and five ] nominations. Carroll was a major figure during the ]. '''Diahann Carroll''' ({{IPAc-en|d|aɪ|ˈ|æ|n}} {{respell|dy|AN}}; born '''Carol Diann Johnson'''; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a ] in 1962, ] in 1968, and five ] nominations.


Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest ] films to feature black<!--Lowercase "b," per Misplaced Pages and Associated Press style; see "Misplaced Pages:Race and ethnicity" for more--> casts, including the ] '']'' (1954) and '']'' (1959). She received an ] nomination for her title role in the ] ] film '']'' (1974). Carroll's other notable film credits include '']'' (1961), '']'' (1968), and '']'' (1997). Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest ] films to feature black<!--Lowercase "b," per Misplaced Pages and Associated Press style; see "Misplaced Pages:Race and ethnicity" for more--> casts, including the ] '']'' (1954) and '']'' (1959). She received an ] nomination for her title role in the ] ] film '']'' (1974). Carroll's other notable film credits include '']'' (1961), '']'' (1968), '']'' (1997), and ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years'' (1999).


She starred as the title role in '']'' (1968-1971), for which she received a ]. The series was the first on ] to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role.<ref name="Today">{{cite news| url=https://www.today.com/popculture/diahann-carroll-groundbreaking-julia-actress-dead-84-t163973 |last=Li |first=David K |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Diahann Carroll, groundbreaking 'Julia' actress, dead at 84 |work=] |access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref> She played the role of ], a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera '']'' from 1984 to 1987. She is also known for her roles in '']'', '']'', and '']''. She starred in the title role in '']'' (1968-1971), for which she received a ]. The series was the first on ] to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. In the show Carroll played a nurse and single mother.<ref name="Today">{{cite news| url=https://www.today.com/popculture/diahann-carroll-groundbreaking-julia-actress-dead-84-t163973 |last=Li |first=David K |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Diahann Carroll, groundbreaking 'Julia' actress, dead at 84 |work=] |access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref> She played the role of ], a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera '']'' from 1984 to 1987. She also had roles in '']'', '']'', and '']''.


Carroll made her ] debut playing Ottilie Alias Violet in the musical '']'' (1954). She became the ] to win the ] for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical '']'' (1962). Carroll made her ] debut playing Ottilie Alias Violet in the musical '']'' (1954). She became the ] to win the ] for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical '']'' (1962).


== Early years == == Early years ==
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Carroll's big break came at the age of 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the ] program, '']'', hosted by ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the ]/] song, "]" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at ]'s ] and ] nightclubs soon followed.<ref name="Jet-15Apr1954">{{Cite journal |date=April 15, 1954 |title=N.Y. singer Diahann Carroll finds Cinderella-like fame |journal=Jet |volume=5 |issue=23 |pages=60–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMADAAAAMBAJ | access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> Carroll's big break came at the age of 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the ] program, '']'', hosted by ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Bogle"/>{{rp|152}} On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a rendition of the ]/] song, "]" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at ]'s ] and ] nightclubs soon followed.<ref name="Jet-15Apr1954">{{Cite journal |date=April 15, 1954 |title=N.Y. singer Diahann Carroll finds Cinderella-like fame |journal=Jet |volume=5 |issue=23 |pages=60–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMADAAAAMBAJ | access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>


] on ''The Hollywood Palace'', 1968]]Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in '']'' (1954),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> as a friend to the sultry lead character played by ]. That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway musical, '']''.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/> A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of ]'s '']'' (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series '']'', in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with ], ], and ] in the film '']'' (1961)<ref name=":0" /> and won the 1962 ] (]) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the ] and ] musical '']''.<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill">{{cite news |last1=McPhee |first1=Ryan |title=Tony Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Diahann Carroll Dies at 84 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-award-winner-and-oscar-nominee-diahann-carroll-dies-at-84 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=Playbill |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> Twelve years later, she was nominated for an ] for her starring role alongside ] in the film '']'' (1974),<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> which part had been written specifically for actress ] (who had made guest appearances on ''Julia'' as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role.<ref name="ABC"/> Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974.<ref name="ABC"/> ] on ''The Hollywood Palace'', 1968]]Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in '']'' (1954),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> as a friend to the sultry lead character played by ]. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, '']''.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/> A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of ]'s '']'' (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series '']'', in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with ], ], and ] in the film '']'' (1961)<ref name=":0" /> and won the 1962 ] (]) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the ] and ] musical '']''.<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill">{{cite news |last1=McPhee |first1=Ryan |title=Tony Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Diahann Carroll Dies at 84 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-award-winner-and-oscar-nominee-diahann-carroll-dies-at-84 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=Playbill |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> Twelve years later, she was nominated for an ] for her starring role alongside ] in the film '']'' (1974),<ref name="Today"/><ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/><ref name="Playbill"/> which part had been written specifically for actress ] (who had made guest appearances on ''Julia'' as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role.<ref name="ABC"/> Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974.<ref name="ABC"/>


] and First Lady ] with a group at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" special in the Pension Building in ] Left to right: NBC News anchor ], CBS News reporter ], '''Dinah Shore''', actress ], actor and musician ], President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, actor ], and entertainer ].]] ] and First Lady ] with a group at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" special in the Pension Building in ] Left to right: NBC News anchor ], CBS News reporter ], '''Dinah Shore''', actress Diahann Carroll, actor and musician ], President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, actor ], and entertainer ].]]
Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series ''Julia'' (1968-71),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Bogle">{{cite book |last1=Bogle |first1=Donald |title=Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television |date=2015 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=9781466894457 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2UNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|141–151}} which made her the first African-American actress to star in her own television series who did not play a domestic worker.<ref name="Today"/><ref name="ABC"/> That role won her the ] for its first year,<ref name="Playbill"/><ref name=globes>{{cite web |url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/diahann-carroll |title=Diahann Carroll |website=Golden Globe Awards | access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> and a nomination for an ] in 1969.<ref name="Playbill"/> Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by ], ], ], ], and ], and on '']'' variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera '']'' at the end of its fourth season as the mixed-race ] diva ],<ref name=":0"/> ]'s half-sister.<ref name="ABC"/> Her high-profile role on ''Dynasty'' also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show and made several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, '']'' until she departed at the end of the seventh season in 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in '']'', for which she received her third Emmy nomination that same year.<ref name="ABC"/> Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series ''Julia'' (1968–71),<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Playbill"/><ref name="Bogle">{{cite book |last1=Bogle |first1=Donald |title=Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television |date=2015 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=9781466894457 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2UNCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>{{rp|141–151}} which made her the first African-American actress in a television series starring role that was not of a domestic worker.<ref name="Today"/><ref name="ABC"/> That role won her the ] for its first year,<ref name="Playbill"/><ref name=globes>{{cite web |url= https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/diahann-carroll |title=Diahann Carroll |website=Golden Globe Awards | access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> and a nomination for an ] in 1969.<ref name="Playbill"/> Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by ], ], ], ], and ], and on '']'' variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera '']'' at the end of its fourth season as the mixed-race ] diva ],<ref name=":0"/> ]'s half-sister.<ref name="ABC"/> Her high-profile role on ''Dynasty'' also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show and made several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, '']'' until she departed at the end of the seventh season in 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert, Whitley Gilbert's mother, in '']'', for which she received her third Emmy nomination that same year.<ref name="ABC"/>
] ]
In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by ]), in the musical drama film '']'' (1991),<ref name="Playbill"/> also featuring actor and musician ] and ]. She reunited with Billy Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Mrs. Greyson in '']''. The following year, Carroll starred as the self-loving and deluded silent movie star ] in the Canadian production of ]'s musical version of the film '']''. In 2001, Carroll made her animation debut in '']'',<ref name="K104.7">{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Glenisha |title=Groundbreaking Actress Diahann Carroll Dies At 84 |url=https://k1047.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-dies-84/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=K104.7 |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> in which she voiced ],<ref name="Perlmutter">{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538103746 |page=625 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22+%22Queen+La%22&pg=PA625 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> ruler of the ancient city of ].<ref name="Mayer">{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786477623 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by ]), in the musical drama film '']'' (1991),<ref name="Playbill"/> also featuring actor and musician ] and ]. She reunited with Billy Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Mrs. Greyson in '']''. The following year, Carroll starred as the self-loving,egotistical,corrupt,manipulative and deceptive silent movie star ] in the Canadian production of ]'s musical version of the film '']''. In 2001, Carroll made her animation debut in '']'',<ref name="K104.7">{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Glenisha |title=Groundbreaking Actress Diahann Carroll Dies At 84 |url=https://k1047.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-dies-84/ |access-date=October 6, 2019 |work=K104.7 |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> in which she voiced ],<ref name="Perlmutter">{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538103746 |page=625 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Diahann+Carroll%22+%22Queen+La%22&pg=PA625 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> ruler of the ancient city of ].<ref name="Mayer">{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786477623 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>


In 2006, Carroll appeared in several episodes the television medical drama '']'' as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From 2008 to 2014, she appeared on ]'s series ] in the recurring role of ], the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to ].<ref name=miltovich>{{Cite news |first=Matt| last=Mitovich |title=Diahann Carroll Collars Role on USA Pilot |url= https://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Diahann-Carroll-1000414.aspx |journal=TV Guide |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled ''],'' and appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of ] novels: '']'' and ''The Front''.<ref name=sify>{{Cite news| url=http://sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163010/http://www.sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 11, 2011| title=Survivor celebs to join breast cancer film premiere| agency=]| date=September 1, 2010| work=] News| access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2006, Carroll appeared in several episodes of the television medical drama '']'' as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From 2008 to 2014, she appeared on ]'s series ] in the recurring role of ], the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to ].<ref name=miltovich>{{Cite news |first=Matt| last=Mitovich |title=Diahann Carroll Collars Role on USA Pilot |url= https://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Diahann-Carroll-1000414.aspx |journal=TV Guide |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled ''],'' and appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of ] novels: '']'' and ''The Front''.<ref name=sify>{{Cite news| url=http://sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163010/http://www.sify.com/news/survivor-celebs-to-join-breast-cancer-film-premiere-news-international-kjbm4defbai.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 11, 2011| title=Survivor celebs to join breast cancer film premiere| agency=]| date=September 1, 2010| work=] News| access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>


In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at the ] to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about ], nominated for '']'', "she better get this award."<ref name="Gray">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Ellen |title=A Little Off-Script |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197914666/?terms=%22Kerry%2BWashington%22%2B%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=September 23, 2013 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=31}}</ref> In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at the ] to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about ], nominated for '']'', "she better get this award."<ref name="Gray">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Ellen |title=A Little Off-Script |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197914666/?terms=%22Kerry%2BWashington%22%2B%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=September 23, 2013 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=31}}</ref>


== Personal life == == Personal life ==
Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding, in 1956, to record producer ],<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> which was presided over by ] at the ] in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/now-that-diahann-carrolls-come-into-his-life-things-are-looking-up-for-crooner-vic-damone-vol-24-no-23/|title=Now That Diahann Carroll's Come into His Life, Things Are Looking Up for Crooner Vic Damone|last=Diliberto|first=Gioia|date=December 2, 1985|work=People}}</ref> Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/diahann-carroll-dead-obituary/|title=Diahann Carroll, TV Trailblazer and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 84|website=People|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Griffiths"/> Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding {{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} in 1956, to record producer ],<ref name=":0"/><ref name="ABC"/> which was presided over by ] at the ] in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/now-that-diahann-carrolls-come-into-his-life-things-are-looking-up-for-crooner-vic-damone-vol-24-no-23/|title=Now That Diahann Carroll's Come into His Life, Things Are Looking Up for Crooner Vic Damone|last=Diliberto|first=Gioia|date=December 2, 1985|work=People}}</ref> Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/diahann-carroll-dead-obituary/|title=Diahann Carroll, TV Trailblazer and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 84|website=People|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Griffiths"/>


In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/> In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Legs Are The Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way.|last=Carroll|first=Diahann |publisher=Amistad|year=2008|isbn=9780060763268|url=https://archive.org/details/legsarelasttogoa00carr}}</ref> Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be "jumping from one marriage straight into another." She refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/guess-whos-coming-to-terms-at-last-with-his-kids-racial-politics-and-life-sidney-poitier-vol-14-no-5/|title=Guess Who's Coming to Terms at Last with His Kids, Racial Politics and Life? Sidney Poitier|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 4, 1980|website=People}}</ref> In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor ].<ref name=":0"/><ref name="McCann"/> In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Legs Are The Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way.|last=Carroll|first=Diahann |publisher=Amistad|year=2008|isbn=9780060763268|url=https://archive.org/details/legsarelasttogoa00carr}}</ref> Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be "jumping from one marriage straight into another." She refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/guess-whos-coming-to-terms-at-last-with-his-kids-racial-politics-and-life-sidney-poitier-vol-14-no-5/|title=Guess Who's Coming to Terms at Last with His Kids, Racial Politics and Life? Sidney Poitier|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 4, 1980|website=People}}</ref>


], Carroll and ] in 1973]] ], Carroll and ] in 1973]]
Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer ] from 1970 until 1973.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/> In February 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> After four months of marriage Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 9, 1973|title=It's Over! Diahann Carroll is Divorced|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|journal=Jet|page=54}}</ref> Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/05/women-television-film-oscar|title='I'm ambitious, dedicated and vain'|last=Iley|first=Chrissy|date=November 5, 2008|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer ] from 1970 until 1973.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="McCann"/> In February 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> After four months of marriage, Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 9, 1973|title=It's Over! Diahann Carroll is Divorced|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|journal=Jet|page=54}}</ref> Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/05/women-television-film-oscar|title='I'm ambitious, dedicated and vain'|last=Iley|first=Chrissy|date=November 5, 2008|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


On May 25, 1975, Carroll, then aged 39, married Robert DeLeon, the 24-year-old managing editor of '']'' magazine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for ''Claudine''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/de-frosted-diahann-carroll-finds-comfort-with-an-ex-editor-15-years-her-junior-vol-6-no-8/|title=De-Frosted Diahann Carroll Finds 'Comfort' with an Ex-Editor 15 Years Her Junior|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 23, 1976|website=People}}</ref> DeLeon had a child from a previous marriage. Carroll moved to Chicago where ''Jet'' was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland.<ref name=":1" /> Carroll was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car crash on March 31, 1977.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanders|first=Charles L.|date=November 1979|title=Diahann Carroll: How the death of her youthful changed her life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA170|journal=Ebony|pages=164–170}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | first1=Alan |last1=Feuer |first2=William K. |last2=Rashbaum | title=Blood Ties: 2 Officers' Long Path to Mob Murder Indictments | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/nyregion/12mob.html | work=]| date= March 12, 2005 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer ] in 1987.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{cite web| author=Rourke, Elizabeth | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography| url=http://www.answers.com/topic/diahann-carroll?cat=entertainment| website=Contemporary Black Biography| publisher=The Gale Group, Inc | year=2006 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Diahann_Carroll/199125 | website=Hollywood.com | year=2009 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> On May 25, 1975, Carroll, then aged 39, married Robert DeLeon (1950–1977),<ref name="Jet mag">{{cite magazine|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=z0IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=diahann+carroll+husband+robert&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQmLH1kN2JAxUcLtAFHfDyGhgQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=diahann%20carroll%20husband%20robert&f=false|title=Robert DeLeon, Husband of Diahann Carroll, buried in Los Angeles|date=April 21, 1977|magazine=Jet}}</ref> the 24-year-old managing editor of '']'' magazine in New York City.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for ''Claudine''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/de-frosted-diahann-carroll-finds-comfort-with-an-ex-editor-15-years-her-junior-vol-6-no-8/|title=De-Frosted Diahann Carroll Finds 'Comfort' with an Ex-Editor 15 Years Her Junior|last=Armstrong|first=Lois|date=August 23, 1976|website=People}}</ref> DeLeon had a daughter, Monica, from a previous marriage.<ref name="Jet mag"/> Carroll moved to Chicago where ''Jet'' was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland.<ref name=":1" /> Carroll was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car crash in Beverly Hills on March 31, 1977.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanders|first=Charles L.|date=November 1979|title=Diahann Carroll: How the death of her youthful changed her life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA170|journal=Ebony|pages=164–170}}</ref><ref name="Jet mag"/><ref>{{Cite news | first1=Alan |last1=Feuer |first2=William K. |last2=Rashbaum | title=Blood Ties: 2 Officers' Long Path to Mob Murder Indictments | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/nyregion/12mob.html | work=]| date= March 12, 2005 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer ] in 1987.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="ABC" /> The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.<ref name="McCann"/><ref>{{cite web| author=Rourke, Elizabeth | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography| url=http://www.answers.com/topic/diahann-carroll?cat=entertainment| website=Contemporary Black Biography| publisher=The Gale Group, Inc | year=2006 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Diahann Carroll: Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Diahann_Carroll/199125 | website=Hollywood.com | year=2009 | access-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref>


=== Charitable work === === Charitable work ===
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== Illness, death, and memorial == == Illness, death, and memorial ==
Carroll was diagnosed with ] in 1997. She said the diagnosis "stunned" her, because there was no family history of breast cancer, and she had always led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent nine weeks of ] and had been clear for years after the diagnosis. She frequently spoke of the need for early detection and prevention of the disease.<ref name="ABC" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress and breast cancer survivor Diahann Carroll to address Baylor luncheon|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|access-date= May 15, 2018|work=Dallas News|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> She died from cancer at her home in ], on October 4, 2019, at the age of 84.<ref name="ABC">{{Cite news|last=Moody |first=Nekesa Mumbi |title=Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies|url=https://www.news10.com/news/diahann-carroll-oscar-nominated-pioneering-actress-dies/|access-date= October 4, 2019|work=ABC News10|date=October 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Carroll also had dementia at the time of her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on ''Julia'', said that she did not appear to show serious signs of cognitive decline as late as 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/style/diahann-carroll-marc-copage-julia.html|title = Diahann Carroll Was the Only Mother I Knew|work = ]|date = October 8, 2019|accessdate = March 18, 2022|last = Copage|first = Marc|url-access = limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Pioneering Actress Diahann Carroll Dead At 84 |work=] |access-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112130140/https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carroll was diagnosed with ] in 1997. She said the diagnosis "stunned" her, because there was no family history of breast cancer, and she had always led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent nine weeks of ] and had been clear for years after the diagnosis. She frequently spoke of the need for early detection and prevention of the disease.<ref name="ABC" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress and breast cancer survivor Diahann Carroll to address Baylor luncheon|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|access-date=May 15, 2018|work=Dallas News|date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184830/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|url-status=dead}}</ref> She died from cancer at her home in ], on October 4, 2019, at the age of 84.<ref name="ABC">{{Cite news|last=Moody |first=Nekesa Mumbi |title=Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies|url=https://www.news10.com/news/diahann-carroll-oscar-nominated-pioneering-actress-dies/|access-date= October 4, 2019|work=ABC News10|date=October 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Carroll also suffered from dementia at the time of her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on ''Julia'', said that she did not appear to show serious signs of cognitive decline as of late 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/style/diahann-carroll-marc-copage-julia.html|title = Diahann Carroll Was the Only Mother I Knew|work = ]|date = October 8, 2019|accessdate = March 18, 2022|last = Copage|first = Marc|url-access = limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Pioneering Actress Diahann Carroll Dead At 84 |work=] |access-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112130140/https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-first-black-woman-to-star-in-non-servant-role-in-tv-series-dies-at-84/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Filmography == == Filmography ==
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* ''The Magic of Diahann Carroll'' (with the André Previn Trio) (1960)<ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Rayno"/> * ''The Magic of Diahann Carroll'' (with the André Previn Trio) (1960)<ref name="McCann"/><ref name="Rayno"/>
* ''Fun Life'' (1961)<ref name="McCann"/> * ''Fun Life'' (1961)<ref name="McCann"/>
* ]&nbsp;— '']'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Downbeat |title=What's New On Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122822103/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22The%2BComedy%22%2B%22Modern%2BJazz%2BQuartet%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=December 29, 1963 |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |page=50}}</ref> * The ], '']'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Downbeat |title=What's New On Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122822103/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22The%2BComedy%22%2B%22Modern%2BJazz%2BQuartet%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=December 29, 1963 |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |page=50}}</ref>
* ''Showstopper!'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arganbright |first1=Frank |title=Listening On Records |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/262668595/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22Showstopper%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Journal and Courier |date=May 5, 1962 |location=Lafayette, Indiana |page=10}}</ref> * ''Showstopper!'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arganbright |first1=Frank |title=Listening On Records |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/262668595/?terms=%22Diahann%2BCarroll%22%2B%22Showstopper%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=Journal and Courier |date=May 5, 1962 |location=Lafayette, Indiana |page=10}}</ref>
* ''The Fabulous Diahann Carroll'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Letitia |title=New Releases Show Two Fine Sides of Andre Previn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/327310164/?terms=%22The%2BFabulous%2BDiahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Tampa Times |date=August 6, 1962 |location=Tampa, Florida |page=27}}</ref> * ''The Fabulous Diahann Carroll'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Letitia |title=New Releases Show Two Fine Sides of Andre Previn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/327310164/?terms=%22The%2BFabulous%2BDiahann%2BCarroll%22 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |work=The Tampa Times |date=August 6, 1962 |location=Tampa, Florida |page=27}}</ref>
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* 1992: ] ].<ref name=WIF>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |publisher=Women In Film |access-date=May 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> * 1992: ] ].<ref name=WIF>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |publisher=Women In Film |access-date=May 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>
* 1998: ] ]<ref name=WIF /> * 1998: ] ]<ref name=WIF />
* 2000: NAACP Image Award — ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years''<ref name="NAACP">{{cite web |title=NAACP Mourns Passing of Trailblazer Diahann Carroll |url=https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-mourns-passing-diahann-carroll/ |website=NAACP |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> * 2000: NAACP Image Award — ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years''<ref name="NAACP">{{cite web |title=NAACP Mourns Passing of Trailblazer Diahann Carroll |url=https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-mourns-passing-diahann-carroll/ |website=NAACP |access-date=October 7, 2019 |date=October 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007085517/https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-mourns-passing-diahann-carroll/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2005: NAACP Image Award — '']''<ref name="NAACP"/> * 2005: NAACP Image Award — '']''<ref name="NAACP"/>
* 2016: Hollywood Legacy Award * 2016: Hollywood Legacy Award


== Notes == == Notes ==
{{Noteslist}} {{Notelist}}


== References == == References ==
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== Further reading == == Further reading ==
* {{Cite book|last1=Carroll|first1=Diahann|title=The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Other Things I Learned Along the Way|date=2009|publisher=HarperPaperbacks|location=New York|isbn=9780060763275}} * {{Cite book |last=Carroll |first=Diahann |title=The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Other Things I Learned Along the Way |date=2009 |publisher=HarperPaperbacks |isbn=9780060763275 |location=New York}}
* {{Cite book|last1= Carroll |first1=Diahann, with Ross Firestone |title=Diahann: An Autobiography |date=1987 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York|isbn=0804101310 |edition=1st Ivy Books |url=https://archive.org/details/diahannautobiogr00carr}} * {{Cite book |last=Carroll |first=Diahann |last2=Firestone |first2=Ross |url=https://archive.org/details/diahannautobiogr00carr |title=Diahann: An Autobiography |date=1987 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0804101310 |edition=1st Ivy Books |location=New York}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Plowden|first1=Martha Ward|title=Famous Firsts of Black Women|date=2002|publisher=Pelican Pub. Co.|location=Gretna, LA|isbn=9781565541979|edition=2nd|others=Illustrated by Ronald Jones}} * {{Cite book |last=Plowden |first=Martha Ward |title=Famous Firsts of Black Women |date=2002 |publisher=Pelican Pub. Co. |others=Illustrated by Ronald Jones |isbn=9781565541979 |edition=2nd |location=Gretna, LA}}


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American actress and singer (1935–2019)

Diahann Carroll
Publicity photo, 1976
BornCarol Diann Johnson
(1935-07-17)July 17, 1935
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 4, 2019(2019-10-04) (aged 84)
West Hollywood, California, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • model
  • activist
Years active1950–2016
Spouses
  • Monte Kay ​ ​(m. 1956; div. 1963)​
  • Fred Glusman ​ ​(m. 1973; div. 1973)​
  • Robert DeLeon ​ ​(m. 1975; died 1977)​
  • Vic Damone ​ ​(m. 1987; div. 1996)​
Partners
Children1

Diahann Carroll (/daɪˈæn/ dy-AN; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five Emmy Award nominations.

Carroll rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including the classic movie musicals Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her title role in the romantic comedy-drama film Claudine (1974). Carroll's other notable film credits include Paris Blues (1961), The Split (1968), Eve's Bayou (1997), and Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years (1999).

She starred in the title role in Julia (1968-1971), for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female. The series was the first on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. In the show Carroll played a nurse and single mother. She played the role of Dominique Deveraux, a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera Dynasty from 1984 to 1987. She also had roles in Naked City, A Different World, and Grey's Anatomy.

Carroll made her Broadway debut playing Ottilie Alias Violet in the musical House of Flowers (1954). She became the first African-American woman to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical No Strings (1962).

Early years

Carroll, by Carl Van Vechten, 1955

Carol Diann Johnson was born in the Bronx, New York City, on July 17, 1935, to John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel (Faulk), a nurse. While Carroll was still an infant, the family moved to Harlem, where she grew up except for a brief period in which her parents had left her with an aunt in North Carolina. She attended Music and Art High School, and was a classmate of Billy Dee Williams. In many interviews about her childhood, Carroll recalls her parents' support, and their enrolling her in dance, singing, and modeling classes. By the time Carroll was 15, she was modeling for Ebony. "She also began entering television contests, including Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, under the name Diahann Carroll." After graduating from high school, she attended New York University, where she majored in sociology, "but she left before graduating to pursue a show-business career, promising her family that if the career did not materialize after two years, she would return to college."

Career

Carroll's big break came at the age of 18, when she appeared as a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James. On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top prize for a 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 Quarter nightclubs soon followed.

Carroll and Sammy Davis Jr. on The Hollywood Palace, 1968

Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones (1954), as a friend to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge. That same year, she starred in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers. A few years later, she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman. The following year, Carroll made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960). In the next two years, she starred with Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward in the film Paris Blues (1961) and won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (the first time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings. Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role alongside James Earl Jones in the film Claudine (1974), which part had been written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made guest appearances on Julia as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly before filming was to begin, Sands learned she was terminally ill with cancer. Sands attempted to carry on with the role, but as filming began, she became too ill to continue and recommended her friend Carroll take over the role. Sands died in September 1973, before the film's release in April 1974.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan with a group at NBC's taping of its "Christmas in Washington" special in the Pension Building in Washington, D.C. Left to right: NBC News anchor Roger Mudd, CBS News reporter Eric Sevareid, Dinah Shore, actress Diahann Carroll, actor and musician John Schneider, President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, actor Ben Vereen, and entertainer Debby Boone.

Carroll is known for her titular role in the television series Julia (1968–71), which made her the first African-American actress in a television series starring role that was not of a domestic worker. That role won her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female for its first year, and a nomination for an Primetime Emmy Award in 1969. Some of Carroll's earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty at the end of its fourth season as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington's half-sister. Her high-profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd. Carroll remained on the show and made several appearances on its short-lived spin-off, The Colbys until she departed at the end of the seventh season in 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert, Whitley Gilbert's mother, in A Different World, for which she received her third Emmy nomination that same year.

Carroll in 1979

In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, the doting, concerned, and protective wife of Jimmy Potter (portrayed by Chuck Patterson), in the musical drama film The Five Heartbeats (1991), also featuring actor and musician Robert Townsend and Michael Wright. She reunited with Billy Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Mrs. Greyson in Lonesome Dove: The Series. The following year, Carroll starred as the self-loving,egotistical,corrupt,manipulative and deceptive silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the film Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, Carroll made her animation debut in The Legend of Tarzan, in which she voiced Queen La, ruler of the ancient city of Opar.

In 2006, Carroll appeared in several episodes of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke. From 2008 to 2014, she appeared on USA Network's series White Collar in the recurring role of June, the savvy widow who rents out her guest room to Neal Caffrey. In 2010, Carroll was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docudrama titled 1 a Minute, and appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk and The Front.

In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards to briefly speak about being the first African-American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, "she better get this award."

Personal life

Carroll was married four times. Her father boycotted the ceremony for her first wedding in 1956, to record producer Monte Kay, which was presided over by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. The marriage ended in 1962. Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist and screenwriter.

In 1959, Carroll began a nine-year affair with the married actor Sidney Poitier. In her autobiography, Carroll said Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and said he would leave his wife to be with her. While she proceeded with her divorce, Poitier did not keep his part of the bargain. Eventually he divorced his wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he wanted to live with Carroll for six months without her daughter present so he would not be "jumping from one marriage straight into another." She refused.

From left to right: Cass Elliot, Carroll and Jack Lemmon in 1973

Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973. In February 1973, Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman. After four months of marriage, Glusman filed for divorce in June 1973. Carroll filed a response, but did not contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later. Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.

On May 25, 1975, Carroll, then aged 39, married Robert DeLeon (1950–1977), the 24-year-old managing editor of Jet magazine in New York City. They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a cover story on Carroll about her 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine. DeLeon had a daughter, Monica, from a previous marriage. Carroll moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon soon quit his job so the couple relocated to Oakland. Carroll was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car crash in Beverly Hills on March 31, 1977. Carroll's fourth and final marriage was to singer Vic Damone in 1987. The union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal separation in 1991, reconciliation, and divorce in 1996.

Charitable work

Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of the Los Angeles Mission, working with women in rehabilitation from problems with alcohol, drugs, or prostitution. She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Joan Van Ark.

Illness, death, and memorial

Carroll was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. She said the diagnosis "stunned" her, because there was no family history of breast cancer, and she had always led a healthy lifestyle. She underwent nine weeks of radiation therapy and had been clear for years after the diagnosis. She frequently spoke of the need for early detection and prevention of the disease. She died from cancer at her home in West Hollywood, California, on October 4, 2019, at the age of 84. Carroll also suffered from dementia at the time of her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on Julia, said that she did not appear to show serious signs of cognitive decline as of late 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1954 Carmen Jones Myrt
1959 Porgy and Bess Clara
1961 Goodbye Again Night Club Singer
Paris Blues Connie Lampson
1967 Hurry Sundown Vivian Turlow
1968 The Split Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
1974 Claudine Claudine
1982 Sister, Sister Carolyne Lovejoy
1990 Mo' Better Blues Jazz Club Singer Uncredited
1991 The Five Heartbeats Eleanor Potter
1992 Color Adjustment Herself
1997 Eve's Bayou Elzora
2013 Tyler Perry Presents Peeples Nana Peeples
2016 The Masked Saint Ms. Edna (final film role)

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1954 Chance of a Lifetime Herself Four consecutive weeks as a contestant
The Red Skelton Hour Herself 1 episode
1955 General Electric Theater Anna Episode: "Winner by Decision"
1957–61 The Jack Paar Tonight Show Herself 28 episodes
1957–68 The Ed Sullivan Show Herself 9 episodes
1959–62 The Garry Moore Show Herself 8 episodes
1960 Peter Gunn Dina Wright Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder"
The Man in the Moon TV movie
1962 What's My Line? Mystery Guest Episode: Diahann Carroll
Naked City Ruby Jay Episode: "A Horse Has a Big Head!"
1963 The Eleventh Hour Stella Young Episode: "And God Created Vanity"
1963–75 The Merv Griffin Show Herself 2 episodes
1964 The Judy Garland Show Herself Episode 21
1964–69 The Hollywood Palace Herself 10 episodes
1965 The Dean Martin Show Herself 1 episode (First Dean Martin Show)
1967–71 The Carol Burnett Show Herself 2 episodes
1968–71 Julia Julia Baker 86 episodes
1972–86 The Dick Cavett Show Herself 3 episodes
1972 The New Bill Cosby Show Herself 1 episode
1975 Death Scream Betty May TV movie
1976 The Diahann Carroll Show Herself 4 episodes
1977 The Love Boat Roxy Blue Episode: "Isaac the Groupie"
1977–78 Hollywood Squares Herself 11 episodes
1978 Star Wars Holiday Special Mermeia Holographic TV special
1979 Roots: The Next Generations Zeona Haley Episode: Part VI (1939-1950)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Vivian TV movie
1982 Sister, Sister Carolyne Lovejoy TV movie
1984–87 Dynasty Dominique Deveraux 74 episodes
1985–86 The Colbys Dominique Deveraux 7 episodes
1989 From the Dead of Night Maggie TV movie
1989–93 A Different World Marion Gilbert 9 episodes
1990 Murder in Black and White Margo Stover TV movie
1991 Sunday in Paris Vernetta Chase TV short
1993 The Sinbad Show Mrs. Winters Episode: "My Daughter's Keeper"
1994 Burke's Law Grace Gibson Episode: "Who Killed the Beauty Queen?"
Evening Shade Ginger Episode: "The Perfect Woman"
1994–95 Lonesome Dove: The Series Ida Grayson 7 episodes
1994 A Perry Mason Mystery:
The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle		 Lydia Bishop TV movie
1995 Touched by an Angel Grace Willis Episode: "The Driver"
1998 The Sweetest Gift Mrs. Wilson TV movie
1999 Having Our Say:
The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years		 Sadie Delany TV movie
Jackie's Back Herself TV movie
Twice in a Lifetime Jael 2 episodes
2000 The Courage to Love Pouponne TV movie
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Betty Hemings Miniseries
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Crow Episode: "Aesop's Fables: A Whodunit Musical"
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story Maria Cole TV movie
2001 The Legend of Tarzan Queen La Voice, 3 episodes
2002 The Court Justice DeSett 6 episodes
Half & Half Grandma Ruth Thorne Episode: "The Big Thanks for Forgiving Episode"
2003 Strong Medicine Eve Morton Episode: "Love and Let Die"
2003–04 Soul Food Aunt Ruthie 2 episodes
2004 Whoopi Viveca Rae Episode: "Mother's Little Helper"
2006–07 Grey's Anatomy Jane Burke 5 episodes
2008 Back to You Sandra Jenkins Episode: "Hug & Tell"
Over the River...Life of Lydia Maria Child,
Abolitionist for Freedom		 Narrator Documentary
2009–14 White Collar June Ellington 25 episodes
2010 At Risk Nana Mary TV movie
The Front Nana Evelyn TV movie
Diahann Carroll:
The Lady. The Music. The Legend		 Herself Filmed live in concert in Palm Springs, California
2010–11 Diary of a Single Mom Jane Marco 7 episodes

Theater

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1954 House of Flowers Ottillie (alias Violet) Alvin Theatre, Broadway
1962 No Strings Barbara Woodroff 54th Street Theatre, Broadway
1977 Same Time, Next Year Doris Huntington Hartford Theatre
1979 Black Broadway Performer Benefit concert
1983 Agnes of God Dr. Martha Livingstone Music Box Theatre, Broadway
1990 Love Letters Melissa Gardner Los Angeles Production
1995 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond Ford Centre, Toronto
1999 The Vagina Monologues Performer Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway
2004 Bubbling Brown Sugar Performer Theater of the Stars, Atlanta
On Golden Pond Ethel Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
2007 Both Sides Now Performer Feinstein's at the Regency, New York

Discography

  • Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs (1957)
  • Best Beat Forward (1958)
  • The Persian Room Presents Diahann Carroll (1959)
  • Porgy and Bess (1959) (with the André Previn Trio)
  • The Magic of Diahann Carroll (with the André Previn Trio) (1960)
  • Fun Life (1961)
  • The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Comedy (1962)
  • Showstopper! (1962)
  • The Fabulous Diahann Carroll (1962)
  • You're Adorable: Love Songs for Children (1967)
  • Nobody Sees Me Cry (1967)
  • Diahann Carroll (1974)
  • A Tribute to Ethel Waters (1978)
  • The Time of My Life (1997)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1974 Academy Awards Best Actress Claudine Nominated
1963 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Naked City Nominated
1969 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Julia Nominated
1989 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series A Different World Nominated
2008 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Grey's Anatomy Nominated
1999 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special The Sweetest Gift Nominated
1968 Golden Globe Awards Best TV Star – Female Julia Won
1969 Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Nominated
1974 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Claudine Nominated
1963 Grammy Awards Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female No Strings Nominated
1966 Best Recording for Children Love Songs for Children: "A" You're Adorable Nominated
1962 Tony Awards Best Leading Actress in a Musical No Strings Won

Notes

  1. Tied with Anna Maria Alberghetti for Carnival!.

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Further reading

  • Carroll, Diahann (2009). The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Other Things I Learned Along the Way. New York: HarperPaperbacks. ISBN 9780060763275.
  • Carroll, Diahann; Firestone, Ross (1987). Diahann: An Autobiography (1st Ivy Books ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0804101310.
  • Plowden, Martha Ward (2002). Famous Firsts of Black Women. Illustrated by Ronald Jones (2nd ed.). Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub. Co. ISBN 9781565541979.

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Awards for Diahann Carroll
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
1962–1979
1980–1999
2000–2019
2020–present
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Television Hall of Fame Class of 2011
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1948–1975
1976–2000
2001–present
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