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Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Acting · Sound

Born March 26, 1944, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) 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 female 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (91)
  • Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central — Self
  • 2024The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé — Self
  • 2023Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self (archive footage)
  • 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Platinum Party at the Palace — Self
  • 2021Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - Singer (archive footage)
  • 2021TINA — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020The BRITs at 40 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Diana Ross: Live in Central Park — Self
  • 2019Diana Ross: Supreme Diva — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration — Self
  • 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas — Self - The Supremes (archive footage)
  • 2018NBC’s New Year’s Eve — Self - Performance
  • 2017This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Always Whitney Houston — Self
  • 2010Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days — Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
  • 2009Motown at the BBC — Self
  • 2009O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special: 1976 — Self
  • 2006The Supremes: Reflections: The Definitive Performances 1964-1969 — Self (archive footage)
  • Miley's New Year's Eve Party — Self - Musical Guest
  • Celebrities Uncensored — Self
  • 2003The Giants of Black Music — Self
  • American Idol — Self - Guest Performer
  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
  • 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' — Self
  • V Graham Norton — Self
  • 2001The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 — Self - Special Guest Star
  • 2000VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross — Self
  • 1998Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self - Hostess
  • Glastonbury — Self
  • 1997Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees — Self
  • The View — Self
  • 1995Queen: Champions of the World — Self
  • 1995Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Self (archive footage)
  • Intimate Portrait — Self
  • Live & Kicking — Self
  • 1992A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1992Christmas in Vienna — Self
  • 1992Diana Ross Live: The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues — Self
  • Pebble Mill — Self
  • 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
  • Le monde est à vous — Self
  • Sacrée soirée — Self
  • 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song — Self
  • 1984I Love Quincy — Self
  • 1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self
  • Champs-Elysées — Self
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years — Self
  • 1980Standing Room Only: Diana Ross — Self
  • 1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self (archive footage)
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
  • 1977An Evening with Diana Ross — Self
  • The BRIT Awards — Self
  • 1976NBC: The First Fifty Years — Self
  • The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
  • Numéro un — Self - The Supremes (archive footage), Self (archive footage)
  • American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest
  • Le Grand Échiquier — Self
  • Musikladen — Self
  • 1971Diana! — Self
  • 1971The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana — Self
  • 1969G.I.T. on Broadway — Self
  • 1968Diana Ross & The Supremes Live at Grand Hotel Ballroom — self
  • 1968Diana Ross & the Supremes - Live at the Rai Congress Center in Amsterdam — self
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self, Self (uncredited)
  • 1968TCB — Self
  • 1965Beach Ball — Self (The Supremes)
  • 1964The T.A.M.I. Show — Self - The Supremes
  • Top of the Pops — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • Musik aus Studio B — Self
  • The Grammys — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
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