via ktla: Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She was 84. Carroll’s daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer. During her long […]
*Tony Award winners Diahann Carroll and Denzel Washington will play mother and son on Broadway in a spring revival of the classic American play “A Raisin in the Sun,” an opportunity they are both happy about. “I think it’s one of our most original plays and I think that’s why it keeps coming back,” said Carroll. Washington, agreed: […]
Washington’s role as DC fixer Olivia Pope, the lone African American female lead character currently on TV (with NBC’s “Deception” now cancelled), picks up a baton handed off by her hero and “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples” costar Diahann Carroll, who made history in 1968 as the first black actress in television history to star in her […]
Diahann Carroll master of stage and screen has paved the way for all African American actors making strides in areas unheard of for her time. She has went from being the first African American female to have her own television series; to being the first African American actress to star on the legendary TV show Dynasty. Diahann Carroll is definitely a legend of her time and we celebrate her during Black History Month.
Diahann Carroll master of stage and screen has paved the way for all African American actors making strides in areas unheard of for her time. She has went from being the first African American female to have her own television series; to being the first African American actress to star on the legendary TV show Dynasty. Diahann Carroll is definitely a legend of her time and we celebrate her during Black History Month.
