Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (/daɪˈæn ˈkær.əl/; born July 17, 1935) is an American television and stage actress and singer. Diahann Carroll has had a long, successful career that has spanned nearly six decades.
Having appeared in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such asCarmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959), she starred in Julia (1968), one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. Later she created the role of Dominique Deveraux on the popular prime time soap opera,Dynasty.At the age of 18, Carroll got her big break when she appeared as a contestant on the Dumont Television Network program, Chance of a Lifetime. On the show which aired Friday, January 8, 1954, Carroll took the $1,000 top prize on the strength of her rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein song, "Why Was I Born?" She went on to win the following four weeks. Engagements at Manhattan's Café Society[citation needed] and Latin Quarter nightclubs soon followed.

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)

Diahann Carroll (Guest Host)