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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.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.
In 1968, Diahann Carroll remarked: "At the moment we're presenting the white Negro. And he has very little Negroness." [4] The Saturday Review's Robert Lewis Shayon wrote that Julia's "plush, suburban setting" was "a far, far cry from the bitter realities of Negro life in the urban ghetto, the pit of America's explosion potential."
Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for black women on American television in the late 1960s by playing a widowed nurse and single mother in "Julia ...
It was followed in 1968 by “Julia,” making Diahann Carroll the first Black woman to star in a series. All these shows, in small ways, helped increase white Americans’ acceptance of the idea ...
Diahann Carroll, TV Trailblazer and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 84
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing is a television special starring Frank Sinatra, Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension recorded in November 1968 and broadcast on CBS. [1] The title references Sinatra's attempts at engaging with the youth culture of the late 1960s. Don Costa was the bandleader.
Dominique Deveraux is a fictional character on the ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off, The Colbys.Portrayed by Diahann Carroll from 1984 to 1987, the character is the surprise half-sister of millionaire Blake Carrington (John Forsythe).
Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for black women on American television in the late 1960s by playing a widowed nurse and single mother in "Julia ...