Sammy Davis
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Death | 43 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 9,1887 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 9,1981 |
| Died | Guildford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Teams | Sunbeam |
| Alvis | |
| Aston Martin | |
| Children | Colin Davis |
| Books | Cars, Cars, Cars, Cars |
| My Life in Motorsport: His Final Autobiography | |
| Job | Singer |
| Comedian | |
| Film Producer | |
| Child actor | |
| Dancer | |
| Impressionist | |
| Television producer | |
| Television director | |
| Activist | |
| Awards | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Kennedy Center Honors | |
| Grammy Hall of Fame | |
| NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1730775 |
Sammy Davis Life story
Sydney Charles Houghton "Sammy" Davis was a British racing motorist, journalist, graphic artist and clubman.
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Diahann Carroll: ground-breaking actress dies at the age of 84
... the return to the big screen, she starred in Porgy and Bess alongside Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr, and Dandridge...
Diahann Carroll: ground-breaking actress dies at the age of 84
American actress Diahann Carroll , who won the Golden Globe and the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated, has died.
Carroll, who was 84, starred in the 1960s TV show, the Julia , The First U.S. sitcom in the centre of a black woman.
she was also to win The First black woman, the Tony for best actress in 1962 for the Broadway musical No Strings. She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress in 1975 for Claudine.
In the 1980s, she played the scheming Dominique Deveraux in the television hit Dynasty .
Pictured with her Dynasty co-star Linda Evans in 1984she was suffering from cancer and died at home in Los Angeles on Friday, her publicist said.
Born Carol Diann Johnson in Harlem, New York , in 1935, she was modeling at the age of 15 and was allegedly dolls, the model for one of The First black Barbie.
at The age of 19, she won her first Hollywood role, appearing opposite Dorothy Dandridge Carmen Jones .
she was engaged to British broadcaster David Frost in the early 1970s,you suffered from racism both in Hollywood and on the stage as a singer. In her autobiography, she detailed a concert, if The Orchestra conductor told her The Audience wanted to hear, to sing a black person. You confronted him, called The Police and finally The Man was removed from The Show , she wrote.
the return to the big screen, she starred in Porgy and Bess alongside Sidney Poitier , Sammy Davis Jr, and Dandridge. Other film included credits in 1961 in Paris Blues with Paul Newman and Hurry Sundown 1967 Michael Caine and Jane Fonda .
Diahann Carroll starred in the US sitcom Julia between 1968-1971In the late ' 60s, Carroll played the title role in Julia , a nurse, who brought a Vietnam widow and a single mother, and The Role a Golden Globe for best female TV star in 1969.
She Said she saw The Show as "a chance to Say Something about The Black community," and added: "I was amazed at The Number of people that had no idea it was a black Middle Class . "
Halle Berry and Angela Bassett are among The Stars , which you cited as the inspiration for their career.
Carroll was married four times, had a tumultuous affair with Sidney Poitier , the engaged for nine years, and was, to The British broadcaster David Frost , who she described as "one of The Best things happened to me ever".
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