Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll is an actor, born 1935. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV and films, including White Collar, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.

Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935, October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a nonstereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she…