Obit: Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)

Subject: Obit: Diahann Carroll, pioneering actor
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Oct 19 - 03:36 PM

Here is one appreciation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/diahann-carroll

I don't remember Julia, do you?

Subject: Obit: Diahann Carroll 1935 - 2019
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Oct 19 - 03:41 PM

"The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know
Are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all
Is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me"

words and music by Richard Rodgers

This wistful song has long been attached to the
Rodgers-and-Hammerstein Cinderella musical, but
it was written later, and did not belong in Cinderella.

Richard Rodgers wrote the song for No Strings,
the first stage piece he wrote after
his lyricist Oscar Hammerstein III had died.
And the whole musical, including this song,
was a vehicle for Diahann Carroll.

Whether on Broadway,
in film Claudine),
or on television,

Diahann Carroll made show-biz history.
Rest in peace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll, pioneering actor
From: fat B****rd
Date: 04 Oct 19 - 03:45 PM

RIP Miss Carroll

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll, pioneering actor
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Oct 19 - 04:28 PM

I did check to see if it had already been posted...

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll, pioneering actor
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Oct 19 - 04:32 PM

Here is an interesting blurb on who is still alive but it included Diahann Carroll...

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/06/29/hollywoods-veterans-the-beloved-surviving-stars-of-the-golden-age/

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Oct 19 - 09:17 AM

I do remember Julia and I think we watched it at our house. It was a rational program that represented a working single mother, a nurse, and her son. At the time I probably didn't catch the subtle parts of it, it was simply a family show.

Carroll was the long time companion of David Frost, but I don't think they married, though by then they could have. What a stupid thing, laws that prohibited marriages if both weren't the same skin color.

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
From: Mark Ross
Date: 05 Oct 19 - 09:29 AM

Saw her on Broadway in the'60's with Alan Alda in THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. She played a prostitute, he was her neighbor, a neurotic writer. Lovely comedy,, but when it was transferred to a movie, the studio gave her part to Barbra Streisand. I guess they were nervous as how an interracial romance would hurt their box office receipts.

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Oct 19 - 04:30 PM

With all due respect, mark ross,
don't you mean
Diana Sands?

Who was a close friend of Diahann Carroll?

Subject: RE: Obit: Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 07 Oct 19 - 07:04 PM

The obits seem to neglect mentioning she played June, Neal's landlady, in the TV series "White Collar" which I, at the behest of my sister, binge watched on DVD.

Linn