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Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 26, 1944 (81)
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, USA
Popularity 5 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Ross is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act, and are the best charting f ... emale group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Love Child", and "Someday We'll Be Together". Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her eponymous debut solo album that same year, featuring the number-one Pop hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". She later released the album Touch Me in the Morning in 1973; its title track reached number 1, as her second solo No. 1 hit. She continued a successful solo career through the 1970s, which included hit albums like Mahogany and Diana Ross and their number-one hit singles, "Theme from Mahogany" and "Love Hangover", respectively. Her 1980 album Diana produced another number-one single, "Upside Down", as well as the international hit "I'm Coming Out". Ross' final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved her sixth and final US number-one Pop hit, the duet "Endless Love" featuring Lionel Richie, whose solo career was launched with its success. Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award–nominated performance for her performance in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972); she recorded its soundtrack, which became a number-one hit. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978), later acting in the television films Out of Darkness (1994), for which she also was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and Double Platinum (1999). Ross was named the "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard magazine. In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Ross the most successful female music artist in history, due to her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female artist in the charts, with a career total of 70 hit singles with her work with the Supremes and as a solo artist. In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of the Supremes, alongside Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. She was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. She is a 12-time Grammy nominee, never earning a competitive honor, but later became the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. In December 2016, Billboard magazine named her the 50th most successful dance artist of all time. In Billboard magazine's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists chart, she ranked 16th as the lead singer of the Supremes and 26th as a solo artist. In December 2018, Diana Ross consolidated her status as a dance diva by ranking #3 in the Billboard Dance Club Songs Artists year-end chart.

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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

as Billie Holliday (archive footage)

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

as Olivia King

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

1994

as Paulie Cooper

The Wiz

The Wiz

1978

as Dorothy Gale

Wiz on Down the Road

Wiz on Down the Road

1978

as Dorothy

Mahogany

Mahogany

1975

as Mahogany

Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

1972

as Billie Holiday

Endless Love

Endless Love

1981

Songs

Mahogany

Mahogany

1975

Costume Design

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Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

Executive Producer

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

1994

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Tarzan

as Sister Therese

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

The Jackson 5ive

as Diana Ross (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1971

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

American Idol

as Self - Guest Performer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 11, 2002

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1972

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 1994

Live & Kicking

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1993

Top of the Pops

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 08, 2002

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 04, 2003

V Graham Norton

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 06, 2002

Pebble Mill

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1991

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 28, 1978

American Music Awards

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1974

Miley's New Year's Eve Party

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 31, 2004

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1993

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Musikladen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 13, 1972

Musik aus Studio B

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 22, 1961

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Numéro un

as Self - The Supremes (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Numéro un

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Le monde est à vous

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1987

The Grammys

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1959

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