Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer and model. In 1962 she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings, making her the first African-American woman to win a Tony. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Claudine, in 1974.
Diahann Carroll had the titular role in the television series Julia (1968-1971) in which she played a widowed mother working as a nurse - the first non-stereotypical role for an African-American actress in a leading role in a television series. She won a Golden Globe award for this role in 1968.[1]
Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diane Johnson on 17 Jul 1935 in the Bronx, New York. She was the daughter of John Johnson and Maybele Faulk.[2]
She was married four times, three of her marriages ending in divorce. Her first marriage was in 1956 to record producer Monte Kaplan (known as Monte Kay).[3] In 1973 she was married in Las Vegas to Fred Glusman.[4] In 1975 she married Robert DeLeon in Manhattan.[5] DeLeon died two years later. Carroll's final marriage was to singer Vic Damone; they eventually divorced in 1996.
Diahann Carroll died on 4 Oct 2019 in Los Angeles, California after a long battle with breast cancer. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.[6]
Diahann made her screen debut in Carmen Jones starring Dorothy Dandridge in 1954. She gained fame as the first African American woman to star in her own television series when she was cast as nurse Julia Baker in Julia. In the 1980s Diahann was best remembered as Dominique Devereaux in Dynasty.[7]
↑ "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V13W-NL6 : 8 May 2019), Carol Diahann Kaplan, Immigration; citing 1958, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLS5-CWNY : 19 June 2017), Monte Kaplan and Diahann Johnson, 1956, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLST-3WL9 : 19 June 2017), Robert A Deleon and Diahann Carroll, 1975, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 October 2019), memorial page for Diahann Carroll (17 Jul 1935–4 Oct 2019), Find A Grave: Memorial #203545080, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Unknown.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5W-95N3 : accessed 7 October 2019), Diahann Carroll in entry for Monte Kay, California, United States, 28 May 1988; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQT-3VZS : accessed 7 October 2019), Diahann Carroll in entry for Johnny Freeman Johnson, North Carolina, United States, 13 Mar 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Fayetteville Observer, The, born-digital text.
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