Happy Birthday to
Diahann Carroll
75 today
Isn't she absolutely stunning in that photo? Diahann is a actress and singer who got started in the local Gospel choir in Harlem she joined when she was 6 and through the twin forces of her talent and personality became the first Afican American actress to headline a major US TV series "Julia". There are no doubts she broke barriers like few women of her generation. Here she is at the Royal Albert Hall proving what a great performer she is:
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Saturday, 17 July 2010
Diahann Carroll
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Diahann Carroll
Happy Birthday to
Diahann Carroll
73 today
Diahann made her break in minor roles in Otto Preminger's Afro-Caribbean musicals (Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess), she went to star in a groundbreaking sitcom about a single mother and then virtually reprised the role in Claudia, which led to an Oscar nominations. She was also engaged to David Frost (whose 1977 interviews of Richard Nixon form the basis of the upcoming Frost/Nixon). In spite of these Diahann for me is Dominique Deveraux from Dynasty; Blake Carrington's illegitimate half-sister. I remember growing up in the 80's pretending to be asleep but watching those dresses, those shady dealing and those ridiculous cliffhangers on my black & white TV in the corner.
How could my parents not have guessed I was gay...
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