| LC control no. | n 86102661 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carroll, Diahann |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Carol Diahann Glusman, Carol Diahann DeLeon, Carol Diahann Kay, Carol Diahann |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1935-07-17 |
| Death date | 2019-10-04 |
| Place of birth | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Singing Acting |
| Affiliation | High School of Music and Art (New York, N.Y.) New York University Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation National Women's Cancer Research Alliance (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Actresses Actorrs |
| Found in | Her Diahann, c1986: t.p. (Diahann Carroll), p. 3, etc. (actress; singer; née Carol Diahann Johnson; married Monte Kay, 9/56; married Freddie Glusman, 2/21/73; married Robert DeLeon, 1975?; 49 yrs old, 1/9/85) Internet Movie Database, Apr. 28, 2011 (Diahann Carroll; b. Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson, July 17, 1935, Bronx, N.Y.) African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Carroll, Diahann; Carol Diahann Johnson; singer, actress; born 17 July 1935 in Bronx, New York, United States; studied at High School of Music and Art in Manhattan; enrolled at New York University; won a Tony Award for best actress in a Broadway musical, No Strings (1962); named Entertainer of the Year by Cue magazine (1961); won the Golden Globes (1970); earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for best leading actress in a motion picture, Claudine (1974); earned an Emmy nomination for best guest actress in a sitcom, A Different World (1997); serves as spokesperson and advocate for National Women's Cancer Research Alliance and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation) Variety Online, 8 Oct 2019: (Oct. 4, 2019: Singer and Tony-winning, Oscar-nominated actress Diahann Carroll, the first African American woman to star in her own TV series, has died at at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer. She was 84) |
| Associated language | eng |
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