Diahann Carroll daɪˈæn ˈkær.əl/, born July 17, 1935, in New York, New York is an American television and stage actress and singer. Diahann Carroll has had a long, successful career that has expanded throughout 5 decades. Having appeared in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such as Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess, she starred in 1968's Julia, one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. Later she created the role of Dominique Deveraux on the popular prime time soap opera, Dynasty.... She is the recipient of numerous stage and screen awards and nominations. Carroll has been married four times and became the mother of a daughter in 1960. She is a breast cancer survivor and activist. Carroll was born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, to John Johnson of Aiken, South Carolina and Mabel Faulk of Bladenboro, North Carolina. When Carroll was an infant, the family moved to Harlem where she grew up. She attended Music & Art High School, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams.
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| Birthdate: | July 17, 1935 |
| Birthplace: | Bronx, New York |
| Age: | 76 |
| Education: | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts |
| Also known as: | Carol Diahann Johnson, Caroll Diahann Johnson, Diahann Carroll |