Diahann Carroll
(1935-2019)
American actor and singer
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Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. She rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for an African American woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. In 1974 she starred in Claudine alongside James Earl Jones for which she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
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Carol Diahann Johnson 17 July 1935 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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4 October 2019 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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Suzanne Patricia Ottilie Kay 2nd child with Monte Kay Female b. 9 Sep 1960 Age: 64 1960- American, Journalist
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