Diahann Carroll, who is perhaps best known as the star of Julia, the first American television series to follow the life of a professional black woman, died on October 4. In addition to her work on Julia, Carroll was a veteran of the screen and stage, and won a Tony for her role in the musical “No Strings.” She also starred in films featuring Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, James Earl Jones, and Michael Caine.
, Carroll was a veteran of the screen and stage, and won a Tony for her role in the musical “No Strings.” She also starred in films featuring Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, James Earl Jones, and Michael Caine.as Dominique Deveraux, where she complained about the taste of Alexis Carrington Colby’s “burnt” champagne in a white, one-shouldered fur cape so brilliantly that I’m pretty sure she must have brought that cape to the set from her own personal collection.
The quiet way she says “Ciao” to Alexis has all the power of death threat with the kind of cutting composure that makesshade feel like children playing dress-up in oversized high heels. To celebrate the power of Carroll’s screen devastatingly stylish screen presence, let us enjoy some images that capture a bit of that fur cape je ne sais quoi:Making Morgan Fairchild look like an extra.
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