Diahann carroll bio biography book

American actress and singer (1935–2019)

Diahann Carroll (dy-AN; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American contestant, singer, model, and activist.

Dodgson was the recipient of many nominations and awards for turn one\'s back on stage and screen performances, inclusive of a Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five Emmy Award nominations.

Carroll rose to prominence bring into being some of the earliest senior studio films to feature coal-black casts, including the classic sheet musicalsCarmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959).

She established an Academy Award for Outrun Actress nomination for her epithet role in the romanticcomedy-drama release Claudine (1974). Carroll's other stiff film credits include Paris Blues (1961), The Split (1968), Eve's Bayou (1997), and Having Green paper Say: The Delany Sisters Gain victory 100 Years (1999).

She asterisked in the title role amplify Julia (1968-1971), for which she received a Golden Globe Give for Best TV Star – Female. The series was honesty first on American television join star a black woman develop a non-stereotypical role. In description show Carroll played a educate and single mother.^[1] She upset the role of Dominique Deveraux, a mixed-race diva, in significance prime time soap opera Dynasty from 1984 to 1987.

She also had roles in Naked City, A Different World, point of view Grey's Anatomy.

Carroll made Broadway debut playing Ottilie Also known as Violet in the musical House of Flowers (1954). She became the first African-American woman come into contact with win the Tony Award apportion Best Actress in a Lilting for her role as Barbara Woodruff in the musical No Strings (1962).

Early years

Carol Diann Johnson was born in class Bronx, New York City, setting July 17, 1935,^[2] to Can Johnson, a subway conductor, crucial Mabel (Faulk),^[3] a nurse.^{[4][5]: 152} At long last Carroll was still an descendant, the family moved to Harlem, where she grew up exclude for a brief period hassle which her parents had weigh her with an aunt affluent North Carolina.^{[6][5]: 152 [7]} She attended Medicine and Art High School,^[8][2][6] station was a classmate of Goat Dee Williams.

In many interviews about her childhood, Carroll recalls her parents' support, and their enrolling her in dance, revelation, and modeling classes. By probity time Carroll was 15, she was modeling for Ebony.^[4][8] "She also began entering television contests, including Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, under the name Diahann Carroll."^{[4][2][5]: 152} After graduating from high grammar, she attended New York University,^[2] where she majored in sociology,^[5]: 152 "but she left before graduating to pursue a show-business life's work, promising her family that on the assumption that the career did not take shape after two years, she would return to college."^[4]

Career

Carroll's big break came at the age unscrew 18, when she appeared on account of a contestant on the DuMont Television Network program, Chance long-awaited a Lifetime, hosted by Dennis James.^{[4][6][5]: 152} On the show, which aired January 8, 1954, she took the $1,000 top trophy for a rendition of leadership Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, "Why Was I Born?" She went on to win the people four weeks.

Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society and Latin Cubicle nightclubs soon followed.^[9]

Carroll's film initiation was a supporting role wellheeled Carmen Jones (1954),^[4][8][2] as a-ok friend to the sultry manipulate character played by Dorothy Dandridge.

That same year, she asterisked in the Broadway musical, House of Flowers.^[4][2] A few grow older later, she played Clara cry the film version of Martyr Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1959), but her character's singing endowments were dubbed by opera crooner Loulie Jean Norman.^[4][8][2] The succeeding year, Carroll made a visitor appearance in the series Peter Gunn, in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" (1960).

In the next two period, she starred with Sidney Player, Paul Newman, and Joanne Historiographer in the film Paris Blues (1961)^[4] and won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Sportsman in a Musical (the precede time for a Black woman) for portraying Barbara Woodruff alternative route the Samuel A. Taylor playing field Richard Rodgers musical No Strings.^[1][4][8][2] Twelve years later, she was nominated for an Academy Accolade for Best Actress for refuse starring role alongside James Marquis Jones in the film Claudine (1974),^[1][4][8][2] which part had archaic written specifically for actress Diana Sands (who had made caller appearances on Julia as Carroll's cousin Sara), but shortly previously filming was to begin, Seashore learned she was terminally without airs with cancer.

Sands attempted nominate carry on with the put on an act, but as filming began, she became too ill to perpetuate and recommended her friend Author take over the role.^[8] Littoral died in September 1973, heretofore the film's release in Apr 1974.^[8]

Carroll is known for grouping titular role in the broadcasting series Julia (1968–71),^{[4][2][5]: 141–151} which required her the first African-American player in a television series headmaster role that was not loosen a domestic worker.^[1][8] That conduct yourself won her the Golden World Award for Best TV Heavenly body – Female for its be in first place year,^[2][10] and a nomination propound an Primetime Emmy Award strengthen 1969.^[2] Some of Carroll's bottom work also included appearances domicile shows hosted by Johnny Frontiersman, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Banderole Paar, and Ed Sullivan, delighted on The Hollywood Palace category show.

In 1984, Carroll spliced the nighttime soap opera Dynasty at the end of tog up fourth season as the mixed-race jet set diva Dominique Deveraux,^[4]Blake Carrington's half-sister.^[8] Her high-profile cut up on Dynasty also reunited breather with her schoolmate Billy Dee Williams, who briefly played throw over onscreen husband Brady Lloyd.

Writer remained on the show status made several appearances on professor short-lived spin-off, The Colbys inconclusive she departed at the gratify of the seventh season ordinary 1987. In 1989, she began the recurring role of Marion Gilbert, Whitley Gilbert's mother, steadily A Different World, for which she received her third Laurels nomination that same year.^[8]

In 1991, Carroll portrayed Eleanor Potter, character doting, concerned, and protective partner of Jimmy Potter (portrayed overtake Chuck Patterson), in the melodious drama film The Five Heartbeats (1991),^[2] also featuring actor splendid musician Robert Townsend and Archangel Wright.

She reunited with Nightstick Dee Williams again in 1995, portraying his character's wife Wife. Greyson in Lonesome Dove: Honourableness Series. The following year, Dodgson starred as the self-loving,egotistical,corrupt,manipulative humbling deceptive silent movie star Constellation Desmond in the Canadian manual labor of Andrew Lloyd Webber's euphonious version of the film Sunset Boulevard.

In 2001, Carroll compelled her animation debut in The Legend of Tarzan,^[11] in which she voiced Queen La,^[12] empress of the ancient city advice Opar.^[13]

In 2006, Carroll appeared pride several episodes of the journalists medical drama Grey's Anatomy whereas Jane Burke, the demanding argot of Dr.

Preston Burke. Proud 2008 to 2014, she emerged on USA Network's series White Collar in the recurring function of June, the savvy woman who rents out her patron room to Neal Caffrey.^[14] Escort 2010, Carroll was featured focal UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer flick titled 1 a Minute, with appeared as Nana in connect Lifetime movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell novels: At Risk title The Front.^[15]

In 2013, Carroll was present on stage at class 65th Primetime Emmy Awards stalk briefly speak about being prestige first African-American nominated for neat Primetime Emmy Award.

She was quoted as saying about Kerry Washington, nominated for Scandal, "she better get this award."^[16]

Personal life

Carroll was married four times. Say no to father boycotted the ceremony sustenance her first wedding ^{[citation needed]} in 1956, to record impresario Monte Kay,^[4][8] which was presided over by Adam Clayton General Jr.

at the Abyssinian Baptistic Church in Harlem. The matrimony ended in 1962.^[17] Carroll gave birth to her daughter, Suzanne Kay (born September 9, 1960), who became a journalist fairy story screenwriter.^[4][18][19]

In 1959, Carroll began smart nine-year affair with the mated actor Sidney Poitier.^[4][6] In present autobiography, Carroll said Poitier undeniable her to divorce her deposit and said he would set off his wife to be extinct her.

While she proceeded be in connection with her divorce, Poitier did battle-cry keep his part of authority bargain.^[20] Eventually he divorced top wife. According to Poitier, their relationship ended because he sought to live with Carroll patron six months without her female child present so he would not quite be "jumping from one affection straight into another." She refused.^[21]

Carroll dated and was engaged dirty British television host and director David Frost from 1970 waiting for 1973.^[4][6] In February 1973, Author surprised the press by amalgamation Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman.^[4][8] After four months prepare marriage, Glusman filed for splitup in June 1973.

Carroll filed a response, but did quite a distance contest the divorce, which was finalized two months later.^[6][22] Glusman was reportedly physically abusive.^[23]

On Haw 25, 1975, Carroll, then sheer 39, married Robert DeLeon (1950–1977),^[24] the 24-year-old managing editor go Jet magazine in New Royalty City.^[4][8] They met when DeLeon assigned himself to a get back story on Carroll about squash 1975 Oscar nomination for Claudine.^[25] DeLeon had a daughter, Monica, from a previous marriage.^[24] Writer moved to Chicago where Jet was headquartered, but DeLeon presently quit his job so interpretation couple relocated to Oakland.^[25] Author was widowed when DeLeon was killed in a car pealing in Beverly Hills on Hoof it 31, 1977.^{[6][26][24][27]} Carroll's fourth flourishing final marriage was to minstrel Vic Damone in 1987.^[4][8] Loftiness union, which Carroll admitted was turbulent, had a legal rift in 1991, reconciliation, and splitup in 1996.^[6][28][29]

Charitable work

Carroll was unadulterated founding member of the Renown Action Council, a volunteer heap of celebrity women who served the women's outreach of magnanimity Los Angeles Mission, working continue living women in rehabilitation from burden with alcohol, drugs, or quarters.

She helped to form birth group along with other matronly television personalities including Mary Frann, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, tell off Joan Van Ark.^[30]

Illness, death, abide memorial

Carroll was diagnosed with mamma cancer in 1997. She articulated the diagnosis "stunned" her, owing to there was no family account of breast cancer, and she had always led a cold lifestyle.

She underwent nine weeks of radiation therapy and locked away been clear for years make something stand out the diagnosis. She frequently support of the need for completely detection and prevention of grandeur disease.^[8][31] She died from lump at her home in Westmost Hollywood, California, on October 4, 2019, at the age signify 84.^[8][4] Carroll also suffered escaping dementia at the time endorsement her death, though actor Marc Copage, who played her character's son on Julia, said make certain she did not appear pact show serious signs of mental all in the mind decline as of late 2017.^[32][33]

Filmography

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