When Diahann Carroll received the call in the 1980s asking her to join the cast of Dynasty, she had one condition. “I didn’t want to be on the show unless I could be bitchy,” Diahann said. “The first ...

NEW YORK -- Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.

Diahann Carroll, pioneering star of 'Julia' and 'Dynasty,' dead at 84 Diahann Carroll, who pioneered television with her starring role in the 1968 series "Julia," died Friday, her publicist Jeffrey ...

Diahann Carroll, star of television and screen, has died of cancer, says daughter Suzanne Kay. Carroll is known for her role as Dominique Deveraux in "Dynasty" and Vivian in "I Know Why the Caged Bird ...

Inspired by the growing number of black female leads on television and film? Thank trailblazing performer Diahann Carroll. Sixty years of striving and of stunning audiences have earned her a 1962 Tony ...

Last Friday I was devastated by a headline on my social media timeline: “Diahann Carroll, Pioneering Actress on ‘Julia’ and ‘Dynasty,’ Dies at 84.” Born in the Bronx in 1935 and raised in Harlem, ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on July 27, 2014. In September of 1968, the TV series Julia premiered on NBC starring a young Diahann Carroll. It was the first time in history ...