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Diahann Carroll - wikipedia Diahann Carroll Jump to : navigation , search <Th_colspan="2"> Diahann Carroll <Td_colspan="2"> Carroll on March 14 , 1955 ( age 19 ) Photographed by Carl Van Vechten . Carol Diahann Johnson ( 1935 - 07 - 17 ) July 17 , 1935 ( age 82 ) The Bronx , New York , U.S. Education Music & Art High School New York University Occupation Actress singer model Years active 1950 -- present Spouse ( s ) Monte Kay ( m . 1956 ; div. 1963 ) Fredde Glusman ( m . 1973 ; div. 1973 ) Robert DeLeon ( m . 1975 ; d . 1977 ) Vic Damone ( m . 1987 ; div. 1996 ) Partner ( s ) David Frost ( 1970 -- 1973 ) Children Awards 1962 Tony Award - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical -- No Strings 1969 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star -- Julia Website diahanncarroll.net Diahann Carroll ( / daɪˈæn ˈkær. əl / ) ( born Carol Diahann Johnson , July 17 , 1935 ) is an American television and stage actress , singer and model known for her performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts , including Carmen Jones ( 1954 ) and Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ) as well as on Broadway . Julia ( 1968 ) was one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role and was followed by her portrayal of Dominique Deveraux in the primetime soap opera Dynasty over three seasons . She is the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards , including the Golden Globe Award for `` Best Actress In A Television Series '' in 1968 . She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1974 film Claudine . A breast cancer survivor and activist , Carroll was scheduled to return to the Broadway stage in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun as Mama , but withdrew prior to opening citing the demands of the rehearsal and performance schedule . Contents ( hide ) 1 Background 2 Career 3 Personal life 3.1 Charitable work 4 Work 4.1 Television 4.2 Filmography 4.3 Discography 4.4 Theater 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Background ( edit ) Carroll was born 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 and Art High School , and was a classmate of Billy Dee Williams . In many interviews about her childhood , Diahann Carroll recalls her parents ' support of her and that they enrolled her in dance , singing , and modeling classes . By the time Diahann Carroll was 15 , she was modeling for Ebony . She was tall , with a lean model 's build . After graduating from high school , Diahann Carroll attended New York University , majoring in sociology . Career ( edit ) At the age of 18 , Carroll got her big break 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 , Carroll took the $1,000 top prize for her 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 's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones ( 1954 ) as a rival to the sultry lead character played by Dorothy Dandridge . That same year , she starred in the Broadway musical , House of Flowers . In 1959 , she played Clara in the film version of George Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess , but her character 's singing parts were dubbed by opera singer Loulie Jean Norman . She made a guest appearance in the series Peter Gunn , in the 1960 episode `` Sing a Song of Murder '' . She starred with Sidney Poitier , Paul Newman , and Joanne Woodward in the 1961 film Paris Blues . In 1962 , Diahann won the Tony Award for best actress ( a first for a black woman ) for the role of Barbara Woodruff in the Samuel A. Taylor and Richard Rodgers musical No Strings . In 1974 , she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the film Claudine . Carroll and Sammy Davis Jr. on The Hollywood Palace , 1968 . Carroll is well known for her title role in the 1968 television series Julia , which made her the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker . That role won her the Golden Globe Award for `` Best Actress In A Television Series '' in 1968 , and a nomination for an Emmy Award in 1969 . Some of her earlier work also included appearances on shows hosted by Jack Paar , Merv Griffin , Johnny Carson , Judy Garland , and Ed Sullivan , and on The Hollywood Palace variety show . In 1984 , Carroll joined the nighttime soap opera Dynasty as the jetsetter Dominique Deveraux , half - sister of Blake Carrington . Her high - profile role on Dynasty also reunited her with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams , who briefly played her onscreen husband Brady Lloyd . Carroll remained on the show until 1987 , simultaneously making several appearances on its short - lived spin - off , The Colbys . She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World . In 1991 , Carroll played the role of Eleanor Potter , the wife of Jimmy Potter , portrayed by Chuck Patterson , in The Five Heartbeats , a musical drama film in which Jimmy manages a vocal group . In this role , Carroll was a doting , concerned , and protective wife alongside actor and musician Robert Townsend , Leon Michael Wright , and others . In a 1995 reunion with Billy Dee Williams in Lonesome Dove : The Series , she played Mrs. Greyson , the wife of Williams ' character . In 1996 , Carroll starred as the self - loving and deluded silent movie star Norma Desmond in the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical version of the classic film Sunset Boulevard . In 2001 , Carroll made her animation début in The Legend of Tarzan , in which she voiced Queen La , an evil sorceress and ruler of the ancient city of Opar . In 2006 , she appeared in the television medical drama Grey 's Anatomy as Jane Burke , the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke . In December 2008 , Carroll was cast in USA Network 's series White Collar as 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 entitled , 1 a Minute , and she appeared as Nana in two Lifetime movies : At Risk and The Front , movie adaptations of two Patricia Cornwell novels . Diahann was present on stage for the 2013 Emmy Awards , to briefly speak about her retrospective of being the first African American nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award . She was quoted as saying , `` talented Kerry Washington better win ! '' Washington erroneously stated that Carroll was the first black performer ever to be nominated for an Emmy . Actually , at least three black performers were nominated before Carroll , who was first nominated in 1963 . These performers include : Ethel Waters for a guest appearance on Route 66 , in 1962 ; Harry Belafonte , nominated in 1956 and 1961 and winning in 1960 ; and Sammy Davis Jr. , who was nominated in 1956 with Belafonte . Personal Life ( edit ) Carroll married four times , first to record producer Monte Kay in 1956 . Her father boycotted the wedding ceremony , presided by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem . The marriage ended in 1962 . The union produced a daughter , Suzanne Kay Bamford ( born September 9 , 1960 ) , who became a freelance media journalist . In 1959 , Carroll began a nine - year affair with actor Sidney Poitier . They were both married . Carroll claims that Poitier persuaded her to divorce her husband and he would leave his wife to be with her . When Carroll got her divorce , Poitier did n't keep up his end of the bargain . Carroll dated and was engaged to British television host and producer David Frost from 1970 until 1973 . In 1973 , Carroll surprised the press by marrying Las Vegas boutique owner Fred Glusman . Several weeks later , she filed for divorce , charging Glusman with physical abuse . In 1975 , Carroll married Robert DeLeon , a managing editor of Jet . She was widowed two years later when DeLeon was killed in a car crash . Carroll 's fourth 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 ( edit ) Carroll was a 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 drugs , alcohol or prostitution . She helped to form the group along with other female television personalities including Mary Frann , Donna Mills , Linda Gray and Joan Van Ark . Work ( edit ) Television ( edit ) Chance of a Lifetime ( 1954 ) ( four consecutive weeks as a contestant ) The Red Skelton Hour ( 1954 ) Peter Gunn ( 1960 ) as Dina Wright in episode `` Sing a Song of Murder '' The Man in the Moon ( 1960 ) The Garry Moore Show ( 1960 ) ( recurring for several weeks ) Naked City ( 1962 ) as Ruby Jay in episode `` A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry ! '' The Eleventh Hour ( 1963 ) as Stella Young in episode `` And God Created Vanity '' The Judy Garland Show -- episode # 21 ( 1964 ) Frank Sinatra - A Man And His Music Television Special ( 1968 ) Julia ( 1968 -- 1971 ) The Diahann Carroll Show ( 1976 ) The Love Boat ( 1977 ) as ' Roxy Blue , ' a jazz superstar who has a brief , shipboard fling with Isaac the bartender in episode , `` Isaac the Groupie '' Star Wars Holiday Special ( 1978 ) as Mermeia Holographic Wow Dynasty ( 1984 -- 1987 ) as Dominique Deveraux The Colbys ( recurring guest star 1985 -- 1986 ) as Dominique Deveraux From the Dead of Night ( 1989 ) A Different World ( 1989 -- 1993 ) Murder in Black and White ( 1990 ) Sunday in Paris ( 1991 ) Lonesome Dove : The Series ( 1994 -- 1995 ) A Perry Mason Mystery : The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle ( 1994 ) The Sweetest Gift ( 1998 ) Having Our Say : The Delany Sisters ' First 100 Years ( 1999 ) Jackie 's Back ( 1999 ) The Courage to Love ( 2000 ) Sally Hemings : An American Scandal ( 2000 ) ( miniseries ) Livin ' for Love : The Natalie Cole Story ( 2000 ) The Court ( 2002 ) ( canceled after six episodes ) Soul Food ( 2003 -- 2004 ) Whoopi ( 2004 ) Guest star as Mavis ' mother , Viveca Rae , in episode `` Mother 's Little Helper '' Grey 's Anatomy ( 2006 -- 2007 ) White Collar ( 2009 -- 2014 ) Diahann Carroll : The Lady . The Music . The Legend ( 2010 ) ( filmed live in concert in Palm Springs , California ) Filmography ( edit ) Year Title Role 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 Claudine Claudine 1982 Sister , Sister Carolyne Lovejoy 1991 The Five Heartbeats Eleanor Potter 1992 Color Adjustment Herself Eve 's Bayou Elzora 2008 Over The River ... Life of Lydia Maria Child , Abolitionist for Freedom Narrator 2013 Tyler Perry Presents Peeples Nana Peeples 2014 The Masked Saint Ms. Edna Discography ( edit ) 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 ) Diahann Carroll and the André Previn Trio ( 1960 ) Fun Life ( 1961 ) Modern Jazz Quartet -- The Comedy ( 1962 ) Showstopper ! ( 1962 ) The Fabulous Diahann Carroll ( 1963 ) A 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 ) Theater ( edit ) House of Flowers ( 1954 ) No Strings ( 1962 ) Same Time , Next Year ( 1977 ) Black Broadway ( 1979 ) ( benefit concert ) Agnes of God ( 1983 ) ( replacement for Elizabeth Ashley ) Love Letters ( 1990 ) Sunset Boulevard ( 1995 ) Bubbling Brown Sugar ( 2004 ) On Golden Pond ( 2004 ) ( replaced by Leslie Uggams before opening ) A Raisin in the Sun ( 2014 ) ( replaced by LaTanya Richardson before opening ) Awards and nominations ( edit ) Awards 1962 Tony Award - Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical No Strings 1969 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star -- Female -- Julia 2011 Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame Nominations 1969 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series -- Julia 1963 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role -- Naked City 1970 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy / Musical Television Series -- Julia 1975 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy / Musical Motion Picture -- Claudine 1975 Academy Award for Best Actress -- Claudine 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series -- A Different World 1992 Women in Film Crystal Award . 1998 Women in Film Lucy Award 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Children 's Special / Series -- The Sweetest Gift 2000 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series / Television Movie -- Having a Say : The Delany Sisters ' 1st 100 Years 2005 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Series -- Soul Food 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series -- Grey 's Anatomy References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Extravagant Crowd - Diahann Caroll Jump up ^ Hetrick , Adam ; Gioia , Michael ( February 9 , 2014 ) . `` Diahann Carroll Withdraws from Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington '' . Playbill . Archived from the original on May 9 , 2014 . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Diahann Carroll Biography '' . filmreference. 2008 . Retrieved 2008 - 08 - 30 . Jump up ^ `` N.Y. singer Diahann Carroll finds Cinderella - like fame '' . Jet. 5 ( 23 ) : 60 -- 61 . April 15 , 1954 . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Diahann Carroll '' . TheGoldenGlobes.com . Retrieved 2007 - 07 - 01 . Jump up ^ Mitovich , Matt ( December 2 , 2008 ) . `` Diahann Carroll Collars Role on USA Pilot '' . TV Guide . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Survivor celebs to join breast cancer film premiere '' . Sify News . IANS . September 1 , 2010 . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Ethel Waters : Awards '' . IMDb . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Harry Belafonte : Awards '' . IMDb . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ `` Sammy Davis , Jr. : Awards '' . IMDb . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . Jump up ^ Diliberto , Gioia ( December 2 , 1985 ) . `` Now That Diahann Carroll 's Come into His Life , Things Are Looking Up for Crooner Vic Damone '' . People . Jump up ^ Carroll , Diahann Carroll ( 2008 ) . The Legs Are The Last to Go : Aging , Acting , Marrying , and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way . Amistad . ISBN 9780060763268 . Jump up ^ Alan Feuer ; William K. Rashbaum ( 12 March 2005 ) . `` Blood Ties : 2 Officers ' Long Path to Mob Murder Indictments '' . The New York Times . Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 04 . Jump up ^ Elizabeth Rourke ( 2006 ) . `` Diahann Carroll : Biography '' . Contemporary Black Biography . The Gale Group , Inc . Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 04 . Jump up ^ `` Diahann Carroll : Biography , Photos , Movies , TV , Credits '' . Hollywood.com. 2009 . Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 04 . Jump up ^ https://losangelesmission.org/give/ Retrieved 24 November 2016 Jump up ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/25/arts/mary-frann-55-bemused-wife-on-newhart.html Retrieved 24 November 2016 ^ Jump up to : `` Past Recipients '' . Women In Film . Archived from the original on 2011 - 08 - 20 . Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 08 . External links ( edit ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diahann Carroll . 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