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 ...

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.

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 ...

Julia was a sitcom that starred Diahann Carroll, and it was a big deal back in the late sixties. During its three-season run from 1968 to 1971, it made it into the Top 10 Nielsen ratings, and broke ...

The late 1960s was a time of seismic cultural shifts. The Civil Rights Movement was in full force, demanding change in institutions that had long upheld systemic racism, including the entertainment ...

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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, 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. NEW YORK -- ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

The singer and actress Diahann Carroll was as famous for her elegance as she was for her acting and her voice. She died today at her home in Los Angeles from complications of breast cancer. She was 84 ...