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    The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way
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    The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way
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    The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way

    By Diahann Carroll

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    It's conventional wisdom that Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty. So it's a good thing that Diahann Carroll—whose winning, sometimes controversial career breached racial barriers—is anything but conventional.

    Here she shares her life story with an admirable candidness of someone who has seen and done it all. With wisdom that only aging gracefully can bestow, she talks frankly about her four marriages as well as the other significant relationships in her life, including her courtship with Sidney Poitier; racial politics in Hollywood and on Broadway; and the personal cost, particularly to her family, of being a pioneer. Carroll's storied history, blunt views, and notorious wit will be sure to entertain and inform.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061982132
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    Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll is a legendary singer; theatrical, television, and film actress; Tony and Golden Globe Award winner; and Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy nominee. A veteran of the entertainment industry whose pioneering career has inspired many, Diahann made her Broadway stage debut starring in Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's House of Flowers. After seeing her in this production, Richard Rodgers created as a starring vehicle for Carroll the Broadway production No Strings, for which she won the Tony Award. Her recent theatrical appearances have also garnered acclaim, including her role as the ""ultimate"" Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Widely known as a pioneer, in 1968 she became the first black actress in television history to star in her own series, Julia, for NBC, which soared to the top of the Nielsen ratings and received an Emmy nomination. Other notable roles include the title role in Claudine, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and Dominique Deveraux in the wildly popular television series Dynasty. She has worked with legends such as Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Judy Garland, Michael Caine, Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Frank Sinatra. In no apparent rush to settle down, Carroll most recently appeared on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, for which she was nominated for an Emmy, and in a cabaret show that is currently touring the country, The Life and Times of Diahann Carroll.

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    • 4/5
      Carroll's stories were interesting enough and of course she is a pleasure to listen to, but I don't usually read memoirs and this didn't change my mind about the genre.
    • 5/5
      I give this book 5 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
    • 5/5
      I picked this audio book up because I'd become interested in Diahann Carroll through her role on the TV show White Collar. Though this book was published before she starting working on that show, it's a fantastic, fun and moving biography. What really makes this book so good is the fact that Carroll reads her book herself. Her voice is perfect and it's clear that she's both enjoying reading to us and telling her own story. Even if you know a lot about Carroll (though I didn't), the book (especially the audio book), keeps you hooked. Carroll's life, while not exactly hard compared to plenty of people (something she mentions a few times), was complicated and it's fun to listen to her talking about the people she knew, her family and her struggles and joys in life. If you're into celebrity biographies, or just an interesting read, I heartily recommend Diahann Carroll's book.

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