Carol Diahann Johnson was born on the 17th July 1935. in The Bronx, New York City USA, of African and American descent. As Diahann Carroll, she is an actress perhaps best known for appearing in a number of film and TV titles, including “Carmen Jones” (1954), “Porgy And Bess” (1959), “Julia” (1968-1971), and “Dynasty” (1984-1987). She is also recognized as a musician. Her career has been active since 1954.
Have you ever wondered how rich Diahann Carroll is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Carroll’s net worth is as high as $28 million, which has been accumulated through her involvement in the entertainment industry not only as an actress, but also as singer, in a career now spanning over 60 years.
Diahann Carroll Net Worth $28 Million
Diahann Carroll is the daughter of John Johnson and Mabel Faulk. When she was a baby, her family moved to Harlem, where she spent her childhood, attending Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts. Parallel with education, she began working as a nightclub singer, as well as a model, appearing in the magazine “Ebony”. After matriculation, she enrolled at New York University, where she majored in Sociology. Diahann`s career began in the 1950s, when she was a contestant in the show “Chance of a Lifetime”, winning $1,000 prize for her performance of “Why Was I Born?”. After her initial success, she launched careers as both a singer and actress, and has managed both of them simultaneously since then.
She began on stage, appearing in the musical “House of Flowers” in 1954, and since then she has appeared in several famous productions, including “No Strings” (1962), “Same Time Next Year” (1977), “Love Letters” (1990), “Sunset Boulevard” (1995), “On Golden Pond” (2004), and “A Raisin In The Sun” (2014), adding consistently to her net worth. To speak of her career on screen, Diahann has featured in more than 50 film and TV titles, which represent a large part of her net worth. She made her debut appearance in the role of Myrt in the film “Carmen Jones” (1954), and during the 1950s appeared also in the film “Porgy and Bess” (1959). In the 1960s, she emerged as a talented actress, and it became easy for her to find new engagements, startingin the role of Connie Lampson in the film “Paris Blues” (1961) with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and continued with appearances in “Hurry Sundown” (1967), and a lead in the TV series “Julia” (1968-1971), increasing further her net worth.
Her next big role came in 1974, when she starred in the film “Claudine” in lead role alongside James Earl Jones, and in 1979 she featured in the film “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”, with Paul Benjamin and Ruby Dee. In the 1980s, Diahann scored several television film roles, such as Carolyn Jones in “Sister, Sister” (1982), and as Maggie in “From the Dead of Night” (1989), but also appeared in the TV series “Dynasty” (1984-1987), and “The Colbys” (1985-1986), which also added a lot to her net worth. The next decade saw a decline in Diahann`s career, as she only appeared in a few titles, which included “Lonesome Dove: The Series” (1994-1995), a brief role in “Eve`s Bayou” (1997), and the lead in the “The Sweetest Gift” (1998).
In the 2000s, she featured in “Grey`s Anatomy” (2006-07), and in 2010 she was cast in the TV series “Single Mom” (2010-2011). To speak further of her accomplishments as an actress, she appeared in the TV series “White Collar” (2009-2014), and most recently she featured in the film “The Masked Saint” (2016). Diahann`s net worth benefited from her singing talents as well, as she has released 14 albums in total, the sales of which have also added to her net worth. Her first album came out in 1957, entitled “Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen Songs”, and since then she has released albums such as “Fun Life”(1961), “Nobody Sees Me Cry”(1967), “Diahann Carroll”(1974), and “The Time Of My Life” (1997), which is her last release.
Thanks to her skills, she has received several prestigious awards, including a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Female Star for her work on “Julia”, and she also won an Image Award in the category Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her work on “Claudine”. Furthermore, she has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame(1990) for her accomplishments in the entertainment industry.
Speaking about her personal life, Diahann Carroll has been married four times. Her first husband was record producer Monte Kay (1956-63), with whom she has a child. Later, she was married to Fredrick Jack Glusman for just four months in 1973, andthen married Robert DeLeon(1975-77). Her last husband was singer/musician Vic Damone, from 1987 to 1996. She is also known for being a breast cancer survivor, and an activist.
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography, TV Land Groundbreaking Show Award, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actre...
Movies
Claudine, Carmen Jones, Paris Blues, Porgy and Bess, Eve's Bayou, We the Peeples, The Masked Saint, The Five Heartbeats, Hurry Sundown, The Split, Star Wars Holiday Special, Sister, Sister, The Courage to Love, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, ...
TV Shows
The Court, Dynasty, Julia, Naked City, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Chance of a Lifetime
All I ever wanted to do was sing. What happened was more.
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In the beginning, I found myself dealing with a show business dictated by male white supremacists and chauvinists. As a black female, I had to learn how to tap dance around the situation. I had to ... find a way to present my point of view without being pushy or aggressive. In the old days, the only women I saw in this business were in makeup, hairdressing, and wardrobe departments. Now I'm surrounded by women executives, writers, directors, producers, and even women stagehands.
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I learned quickly that almost any time a third world face became prominent on TV, we became responsible for the whole minority community.
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I like to think I opened doors for other women, although that wasn't my original intention.
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I'm always getting involved in the wrong relationship. I do that very well.
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[on filming Hurry Sundown (1967) in St. Francisville, LA, home of the Ku Klux Klan, amid death threats to the cast and crew] You can cut the hostility here with a knife. I'm not a fighter. I usually smile and then go into my room and cry my eyes out. But down here, the terror has killed my taste for going anywhere.
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Fact
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Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Suzanne to begin filming Paris Blues (1961).
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Release of her autobiography, "The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering and Other Things I Learned Along the Way" by Diahann with Bob Morris. [2008]
3
Rehearsing to appear in "On Golden Pond" opposite James Earl Jones, in Washington, D.C. [July 2004]
4
Release of her autobiography, "Diahann" by Diahann with Ross Firestone. [1986]
In an interview, her ex-Julia (1968) co-star, Marc Copage said, she was his surrogate mother who filled that void when he didn't have a real-life mother.
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Diahann had to withdraw from the 2004 Kennedy Center production of "On Golden Pond" co-starring James Earl Jones due to medical reasons. She was replaced by Leslie Uggams.
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In 1959, while appearing as Clara in Porgy and Bess (1959), she fell in love with the film's star Sidney Poitier. Both were married, however, and the affair ended. The two reconnected with the filming of the movie Paris Blues (1961) and this time she divorced her first husband. She eventually became engaged to Poitier, only to break off the relationship several months later.
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Once worked in the hat department at New York's Macy's Store.
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Once enrolled at New York University, where she intended to study psychology, in honor of her parents' wishes that she complete her education. She lasted one term; her passion for a career in singing won out.
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While Diahann was performing in 1954's "House of Flowers" on Broadway, she became involved with the show's casting director, Monte Kay, who then became her first husband in September of 1956.
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Her romantic relationships were turbulent. In the early 1970s she became romantically involved with David Frost, a popular British talk show host. In November of 1972, she and Frost became engaged but she called it off and married another man, Freddie Glusman, a week later. That marriage was short-lived.
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Her third union to Robert DeLeon, the 24-year-old managing editor of Jet magazine, after only meeting three months earlier, grew contentious early in the game. DeLeon began to drink heavily and run up debts, and the marriage ended abruptly when he was killed in a 1977 car accident.
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Once pursued the idea of a joint talk show hosting assignment with her daughter, Suzanne Kay, from her first marriage.
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Best known by the public for her starring role as the title character in Julia (1968).
In the early 1970s, engaged to TV interviewer David Frost.
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She and actor Billy Dee Williams were high school classmates at The New York City High School of Music & Art, the school that in the 70s merged with the HIgh School of Performing Arts, featured in "Fame" (1982), to become Laguardia High School.
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999
TV Movie
Sadie Delany
The Sweetest Gift
1998
TV Movie
Mrs. Wilson
Eve's Bayou
1997
Elzora
Touched by an Angel
1995
TV Series
Grace Willis
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994-1995
TV Series
Ida Grayson
ABC Weekend Specials
1995
TV Series
Narrator
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
TV Movie
Lydia Bishop
Evening Shade
1994
TV Series
Ginger
Burke's Law
1994
TV Series
The Sinbad Show
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Winters
A Different World
1989-1993
TV Series
Marion Gilbert
Sunday in Paris
1991
TV Short
Vernetta Chase
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Eleanor Potter
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Murder in Black and White
1990
TV Movie
Margo Stover
From the Dead of Night
1989
TV Movie
Maggie
Dynasty
1984-1987
TV Series
Dominique Deveraux
The Colbys
1985-1986
TV Series
Dominique Deveraux
Sister, Sister
1982
TV Movie
Carolyne Lovejoy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
TV Movie
Vivian
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
TV Mini-Series
Zenitha Haley
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
TV Movie
Mermeia Holographic Wow
The Love Boat
1977
TV Series
Roxy Blue
Death Scream
1975
TV Movie
Betty May
Claudine
1974
Claudine
Julia
1968-1971
TV Series
Julia Baker
The Split
1968
Ellen 'Ellie' Kennedy
Hurry Sundown
1967
Vivian Thurlow
The Milton Berle Show
1966
TV Series
Not Only... But Also
1965
TV Series
Guest
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series
Stella Young
Naked City
1962
TV Series
Ruby Jay
Paris Blues
1961
Connie Lampson
Goodbye Again
1961
Night Club Singer
The Man in the Moon
1960
TV Movie
Peter Gunn
1960
TV Series
Dina Wright
Porgy and Bess
1959
Clara
General Electric Theater
1955
TV Series
Anna
Carmen Jones
1954
Myrt
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
White Collar
2011-2013
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book One - Satan Claus
1989
TV Short performer: "Silent Night"
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special
1986
TV Special performer: "Some of These Days"
Great Performances
1985
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 37th Annual Tony Awards
1983
TV Special performer: "The Real American Folk Song Is a Rag", "Off Thee I Sing", "The Man I Love", "Fascinatin' Rhythm"
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
TV Movie performer: "This Minute Now"
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 45th Annual Academy Awards
1973
TV Special performer: "Strange Are the Ways of Love"
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968
TV Movie performer: "The Music That Makes Me Dance", "Wherre Am I Going?", "Diane", "Deep River", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "Lonesome Road", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", "Amen" - uncredited
The Ed Sullivan Show
1962-1968
TV Series performer - 5 episodes
The Danny Kaye Show
1964-1967
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
1966
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Goodbye Again
1961
performer: "Say No More, It's Goodbye", "Love Is Just a Word"
Peter Gunn
1960
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Porgy and Bess
1959
performer: "Summertime"
Carmen Jones
1954
performer: "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK"
Coke Time
1953
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Arsenio Hall Show
1989-1990
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
TV Special
Herself
The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself
Live with Kelly and Michael
1989
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Pat Sajak Show
1989
TV Series
Herself
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
TV Special
Herself
America's Tribute to Bob Hope
1988
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Hostess
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1987
TV Special documentary
Herself
The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1987
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Ebony/Jet Showcase
1985-1987
TV Series
Herself
The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala
1987
TV Movie
Herself
The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1987
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Actress / Actor in a TV-Series Drama
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars
1986
TV Series
Herself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1986
TV Series
Herself
The Late Show
1986
TV Series
Herself
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1986
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special
The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards
1986
TV Special
Herself - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Dramatic Program
Bob Hope's All-Star Superbowl Party
1986
TV Special
Herself
The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
1986
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Actress / Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special
1986
TV Special
Herself
Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps
1985
TV Movie
Herself
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1985
TV Movie
Herself
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
The 1th Annual Commitment to Life Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TV Movie
Herself
An American Portrait
1985
TV Series documentary
Herself - Host
Webster
1985
TV Series
Herself
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself
CBS Early Morning News
1984
TV Series
Herself
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards
1984
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special & Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
The Love Boat Fall Preview Special
1984
TV Movie
Herself
On Stage America
1984
TV Series
Herself
The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards
1984
TV Special
Herself
Working in the Theatre
1983
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 37th Annual Tony Awards
1983
TV Special
Herself - Performer & Presenter: Best Play
The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1983
TV Special
Herself
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television
1983
TV Special
Herself - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963-1982
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
Night of 100 Stars
1982
TV Special
Herself
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
TV Movie
Herself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Performer:
Horas doradas
1980
TV Series
Herself
Bob Hope Special: Hope, Women and Song
1980
TV Special
Herself
All-Star Birthday Party for Bob Hope... at Sea
1979
TV Movie
Herself
Dinah!
1974-1979
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall