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Diahann Carroll, the elegant star of stage and screen
The Oscar-nominated actress and breast cancer survivor, who also starred in "Dynasty" and "White Collar," died of cancer, her daughter Suzanne Kay said Friday.
The leggy beauty burst on the scene as one of the first black actresses to star in studio films.
Assisted by her breathy, deep voice, the established recording artist debuted on the big screen in 1954's Oscar-nominated adaptation of "Carmen Jones,"
and headlined the musical "Porgy and Bess" with Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier and Sammy Davis Jr. in 1959.
In the late 1960s, Carroll was cast in "Julia," the enormously successful NBC sitcom that featured her as a war-widowed nurse raising a son.
Carroll is survived by her daughter, who is a journalist and producer, and two grandchildren.
DIAHANN CARROLL, STAR OF JULIA AND DYNASTY, HAS DIED AT 84.
BORN JULY 17, 1935, IN BRONX, N.Y, AS CAROL DIAHANN JOHNSON
THE ACTRESS GREW UP IN HARLEM AND LAUNCHED HER CAREER AT 15, MODELING FOR ESSENCE MAGAZINE
THE BLACK ACTRESS-SINGER BROKE MANY BARRIERS ON STAGE AND SCREEN IN PROJECTS LIKE JULIA, DYNASTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, AND MORE.
IN 1962, AFTER STARRING IN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL NO STRINGS, SHE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN THE TONY FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL.
SIX YEARS LATER, SHE EARNED THE STARRING ROLE OF THE NETWORK DRAMA JULIA
AND AN EMMY FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY IN 1969.
IN 2008, CARROLL TALKED TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE ABOUT HOW SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK ACTRESSES WITH HER ROLE AS JULIA.
"THE ATTENTION AND RESPONSIBILITY WERE SO STRESSFUL, BUT I'M ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF THAT SHOW," SHE SAID.
THE ROLE OF DOMINIQUE DEVERAUX ON DYNASTY WOULD CEMENT CARROLL AS A LEGEND.