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4 days ago · One such song that holds a special place in my heart is “A Sleeping Bee” by Diahann Carroll. This timeless piece, written by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen, showcases the beauty and magic of love.
5 days ago · In 1969, Mattel launched the Julia doll. She was named after the character and hit TV show that featured the icon Diahann Carroll as Julia — the first Black woman to lead a TV sitcom in a non-stereotypical role. The Watts Rebellion in L.A. sparked one of the first Black-owned toy companies.
5 days ago · (Christie was billed as a side character in “Barbieland,” while Nurse Julia was a celebrity doll based on the actor and singer Diahann Carroll.) The actual Black Barbie doll didn’t become a reality until decades later, after the company hired Kitty Black Perkins in 1976 as its first Black designer.
5 days ago · The dramatic tension in the film peaks when, following a curse put on by Elzora (Diahann Carroll), a local fortune-teller, Roz demands that the children stay inside until the curse has passed...
5 days ago · Diahann Carroll broke new ground in the 1970s as a pioneering African American actress. She made history with her lead role in the sitcom Julia , which continued into the early 1970s. In it,...
4 days ago · First rising to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959), in 1962 Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings.
21 hours ago · Kravitz is the honorary nephew of Diahann Carroll, whom he called Aunt D, and actress Cicely Tyson was his godmother. Career 1985–1990: Virgin Records and career debut
