Diahann Carroll (born July 17 1935) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe- and Tony Award-winning actress and singer. Born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, she attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. Her family moved to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City when she was one and a half years old.
In the 1960s she was engaged to Sidney Poitier.
Is a breast cancer survivor.
Won first prize on TV's "Chance Of A Lifetime".
Won a Tony for "No Strings".
She and actor Billy Dee Williams were high school classmates at The New York City High School of the Performing Arts, the school that was featured on the popular 1980s TV show "Fame".
In the early 1970s, engaged to TV presenter David Frost (I)
Was a model for Ebony Fashion Fair.
Mother of Suzanne Kay Bamford, media journalist (b. 9 September 1960).
Is a honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Won Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "No Strings," in a tie with Anna Maria Alberghetti for "Carnival."
Was supposed to have returned to "Dynasty" for Season 10 in 1989, but the show was canceled after Season 9.
Is one of only 7 African-American actresses to receive the Best Actress Oscar nomination. The others in chronological order are: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross (I), Cicely Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett and Halle Berry.
