Diahann Carroll News

 
Classic African American TV moms
Washington Post
Actress Diahann Carroll confers with producer Hal Kanter about a scene in the situation comedy "Julia," in which Carroll played a young nurse whose husband was killed in Vietnam. Anonymous / ASSOCIATED PRESS Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley, ...


 
Expert on musicals savors Tonys night
Houston Chronicle
and "The Sound of Music" (best musical, 1960), Diahann Carroll in "No Strings" and Anna Maria Alberghetti in "Carnival" (best actress in a musical, 1962) and Patricia Routledge in "Darling of the Day" and Leslie Uggams in "Hallelujah, Baby!

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Musicals expert savors upcoming Tony Awards
Houston Chronicle
and "The Sound of Music" (best musical, 1960), Diahann Carroll in "No Strings" and Anna Maria Alberghetti in "Carnival" (best actress in a musical, 1962) and Patricia Routledge in "Darling of the Day" and Leslie Uggams in "Hallelujah, Baby!

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Washington Times
A tale of two Julias
Washington Times
Nurse Julia, played by actress Diahann Carroll, was a widowed black woman who was forced to raise her son by herself after losing her husband in the Vietnam War. She worked long hours at the local doctor's office and with the help of kind and caring ...

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New York Daily News
Steel band pioneers paid tribute
New York Daily News
The show starred Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, and dancers Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell (before founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, respectively) and Holder's future wife, Carmen De Lavallade.


 
Concerts in Park starts on June 16
Urbana Daily Citizen
Her pianist, Ron Meyer, has played for such entertainers as Diahann Carroll and Lou Rawls. They perform with bass, drums and saxophone, offering songs from the 1940s, swing to big band music. On July 14, the Champaign Memories concert will honor ...


 
Variety
Diversity can drive biz
Variety
You look at Kerry Washington -- this is one of the few black women cast as a lead in a TV series (ABC's "Scandal") since Diahann Carroll (in "Julia") 40 years ago. She's No. 1 in her timeslot (among women 18-34). It's similar to what we saw with ...