A Look Back At The Life Of Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer and fashion model Diahann Carroll, UK, 18th January 1965. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll

May 4, 1965: A group of policemen preparing to go on duty for the London May Day Rally at Trafalgar Square are diverted from their duties by the American jazz singer, Diahann Carroll. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll

American jazz singer Diahann Carroll at the Washington Hotel in London, Oct. 15, 1957. She is in the UK to appear on the television show "Chelsea at Nine." (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll

American jazz singer Diahann Carroll at the Washington Hotel in London, Oct. 25, 1957. She is in the UK to appear on the television show "Chelsea at Nine." (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll In 'Julia,' c. 1968.

Promotional portrait of American actor Diahann Carroll wearing a nurse's uniform for the television series, "Julia," circa 1968. (Photo by NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll And Lloyd Nolan In 'Julia,' c. 1968.

Promotional portrait of American actors Diahann Carroll and Lloyd Nolan in their nurse and doctor costumes for the television series, "Julia," circa 1968. (Photo by NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll And Fred Williamson In 'Julia,' 1970.

Promotional portrait of American actors Fred Williamson and Diahann Carroll for the television series, 'Julia,' 1970. (Photo by NBC Television/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll with Don Black and Vic Lewis

American actress, singer and fashion model Diahann Carroll with English lyricist Don Black and British jazz guitarist and bandleader Vic Lewison on Jan. 18, 1965. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Diahann Carroll And David Frost

American jazz singer Diahann Carroll with her partner, television journalist David Frost at the opening of the "Heroes" exhibition at Madame Tussauds in London, July 31, 1971. Frost is depicted in a waxwork at the exhibition. (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

David Frost And Then-Fiancee Diahann Carroll

December 28, 1982: TV personality David Frost and his then-fiancee, actress Diahann Carroll, at The Duke of York theatre in London, to watch the show "Once Upon A Time," which Frost produced. (Photo by Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Getty Images)

Actress Dianne Carroll

Actress Dianne Carroll. (photo by Newsmakers)

Dianne Carroll At The John Wayne Cancer Institute Gala

Actress Diahann Carroll attends the Associates for Breast & Prostate Cancer Studies 12th Annual Gala of the John Wayne Cancer Institute November 9, 2001, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event benefits breast and prostate cancer research. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Halle Berry And Dianne Carroll At The TV Land Awards 2003

Actress Halle Berry presents actress Diahann Carroll the Groundbeaking Role Award during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium on March 2, 2003, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Beverly Hills Ball 50th Anniversary Gala

Actors Tony Danza, Ed McMahon and Diahann Carrol attend the Beverly Hills Ball 50th Anniversary Gala and benefit on April 14, 2003, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Dianne Carroll At Archbishop Tutu's 75 Birthday Gala

Actress Diahann Carroll attends Archbishop Desmond Tutu's 75 birthday gala fundraiser, "Tutu - One Amazing Night of Celebration," hosted by Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on September 18, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

Dianne Carroll At Archbishop Tutu's 75 Birthday Gala

Actress Diahann Carroll attends Archbishop Desmond Tutu's 75 birthday gala fundraiser, "Tutu - One Amazing Night of Celebration," hosted by Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on September 18, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)