Diahann Carroll

Born:: July 17, 1935, she's 76 and American.
Birthname:: Carol Diahann Johnson.
Snapshot:: An Artist with 10 releases, and credited once on others' music. 2 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935 in New York, New York) is an American actress and singer.

Having appeared some of the earliest major studio films to feature African-American 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 an African American 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.

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