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    Fire Island Celebrity history- Diahann Carroll

    Actress/ Singer Diahann Carroll best known for her TV roles as nurse Julia during the ’s and as Dominique Deveraux on Dynasty in the ’s. Like many stars in the ’s she found her way to the haven known as Fire Island…

    Beginnings…

    One of television’s premier African-American series stars, elegant actress, singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson on July 17, , in the Bronx, New York. The first child of John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel Faulk Johnson, music was an important part of her life as a child, singing at age 6 with her Harlem church choir. While taking voice and piano lessons, she contemplated an operatic career after becoming the year-old recipient of a Metropolitan Opera scholarship for studies at New York’s High School of Music and Art. As a teenager she sought modeling work but it was her voice, in addition to her beauty, that provided the mag

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    Broadway BUZZ

    Diahann Carroll was the first black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Actress (for No Strings) and the first African-American to garner an Emmy nod (for Naked City). Best known for playing the title role in the groundbreaking TV series Julia and for her three-year stint on Dynasty, Carroll appeared on Broadway in Agnes of God and House of Flowers. Carroll also appeared on stage in a touring turn in Same Time, Next Year () and made an off-Broadway appearance in The Vagina Monologues (). In , Carroll made history again, becoming the first black actress to play the iconic role of Norma Desmond in the first Canadian staging of the Tony-winning musical Sunset Boulevard.

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    Diahann Carroll

    American actress and singer (–)

    Diahann Carroll

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    Born

    Carol Diann Johnson


    ()July 17,

    New York City, U.S.

    DiedOctober 4, () (aged&#;84)

    West Hollywood, California, U.S.

    Alma&#;materNew York University
    Occupations
    • Actress
    • singer
    • model
    • activist
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    Diahann Carroll (dy-AN; born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, &#;– October 4, ) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in , Golden Globe Award in , and five Emmy Award nominations.

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