Monday, October 29, 2012

Vintage Monday: It's A Thin Line Between Love and Diahann!!!

Dean Martin refers to her name as two of the most musical words in show business.  We all remember her for her role as my favorite single mother with six children in Claudine.  Or maybe as the little 15 year old singing those high notes alongside Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess. Either way, this amazing actress/songstress who went from Broadway to the Silver Screen still steals the hearts of movie goers everywhere.  This Ebony Fashion Fair model continues to grace us with her beauty.  Today, this Vintage Monday, I bring you:


Diahann Carroll



Born Carol Diann, July 17 1935 in Bronx, NY.  At the age of 10, she received a Metropolitan Opera Scholarship for studying at New York City High School of Music and Art. That's a great feat for such a young person. This eventually had her considering an operatic career in the music.  In her late teens, she began focusing on a nightclub career, changing her name to the more exotic Diahann Carroll.  She has starred along side Pearl Bailey, Dorothy Dandridge, James Earl Jones, Sidney Portier and other great giants from Broadway to the Silver Screen.  She also starred on various musical variety shows to include The Carol Burnett Show, Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Dean Martin and Dean Martin.  She was also married to some very glamorous men like Vic Damone, engaged to Sidney Portier....whooo the suiters!!!

Let's check out some photos of this natural beauty.

In Harlem on the set getting ready to film Claudine.

Shortly after filming Porgy and Bess along side Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte.  Diahann Carroll was only 15 when chosen for this role. And she hasn't changed a bit. 

Her first meeting with Former President John F. Kennedy. She was often referred to as the "Black Jackie Kennedy" because she was so poised and she wore her hair in coifs a lot of the time. Then she became known as the "Black Barbie Doll."

Filming Paris Blues with Co-Star Sidney Portier.  This is when the love affair  between then began.  They were only engaged for SIX months before calling it off. 



Hope that you enjoyed that clip of her performing on the Dean Martin Show. I am loving that dress!!!



HAPPY VINTAGE MONDAY!!!




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