An Evening With Diahann Carroll (Washington, D.C. 2005)

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  • This hour-long, one-on-one interview program provided a rare and insightful look into the life and career of legendary entertainer Diahann Carroll. Taped live in Washington, D.C. at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium on Saturday, May 7, 2005, this program was the seventh in The HistoryMakers’ An Evening With... series. Television journalist, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, Gwen Ifill interviewed actress and singer Diahann Carroll with Discover Financial Services LLC serving as the event’s title sponsor.
    Diahann Carroll is a true legend. She is one of America’s major performing talents with a career on the Broadway stage, as a Las Vegas headliner and as an actress in both motion pictures and on television. In the interview, Carroll told her life story, shared her experiences working in the entertainment industry and offered her feelings about being a pioneer and inspiring future minority actresses. She talked about her sitcom Julia, working with Sidney Poitier, her Oscar nomination and her roles on the 1980s prime time soap operas, Dynasty and A Different World.
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  • @skygazer6898
    @skygazer6898 2 роки тому +132

    One of the most beautiful black women to ever grace the planet and an extremely talented lady too

    • @TheHistoryMakers
      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому +1

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    • @curlyq690
      @curlyq690 2 роки тому

      Without having plastic surgery or butt implants. Natural, beautiful, talented lady.

    • @natasharochelle3218
      @natasharochelle3218 Рік тому

      FACTS❤️

    • @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024
      @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Рік тому +2

      One of the Most beautiful woman period. 🤭

  • @carolinaKing864
    @carolinaKing864 2 роки тому +144

    This woman was so graceful and truly elegant. It’s too bad that this representation of us…is not what we see much of anymore. What a wonderful woman she seemed to be. R.I.P. to the legendary Diahann Carroll.

    • @bee6684
      @bee6684 2 роки тому +5

      I'm very sad indeed... However we are still out there King. We are just in the homes raising our children and taking care of her husband's.

    • @hartubmoses9685
      @hartubmoses9685 2 роки тому +6

      Both women were accomplished and sophisticated, may they rest in power.

    • @direfranchement
      @direfranchement 2 роки тому +6

      Diahann Carroll and Gwen Ifill were both wonderful. Lost Gwen much too soon.

    • @carolinaKing864
      @carolinaKing864 2 роки тому +3

      @@direfranchement I don’t know how I missed Gwen dying smh. She was tremendous at what she did.

    • @isitoveryet9525
      @isitoveryet9525 2 роки тому +8

      Diahann Carroll is pure class! There’s something ethereal, & calming about her presence…even through the screen.

  • @randnettebillings4865
    @randnettebillings4865 2 роки тому +13

    Black women taking the initiatives, or assertive, or confident in there skin ......a Amazing pioneer women....🎩

  • @vintageincolor
    @vintageincolor 2 роки тому +28

    She kept her composure for most of this interview but it was so touching when she talked about the appreciation and gratitude she felt when Halle Berry-one of the most relevant black actresses of this current generation-being sure to give HER props and understanding what it took for HALLE to get to that place. That was sweet.

    • @waldolydecker8118
      @waldolydecker8118 10 місяців тому +3

      "Halle Berry - one of the most relevant black actresses of this current generation"? lol such low standards, geez.

  • @adrianaqueiros-zc6jo
    @adrianaqueiros-zc6jo 2 роки тому +11

    She was 70 then and STILL BEAUTIFUL

  • @sunflowerpwr.8821
    @sunflowerpwr.8821 3 роки тому +34

    They both are gone now and missed.

  • @lalani888blue
    @lalani888blue Рік тому +11

    "The best thing for me to do was to be quite and listen". Very intuitive and intelligent woman for sure. In order to navigate yourself in that industry with a clear conscience...one has to instinctively know the difference between a real friend vs a swamp creature.

  • @evegenesis6022
    @evegenesis6022 Рік тому +8

    Two of the most substantial women I know. I was devastated when Gwen Ifill died. She was a class act. Superior journalist. And Diahann Carroll. OMG. I am speechless. So glad I found this gem!

  • @andrewcharles7873
    @andrewcharles7873 2 роки тому +7

    Diahann is still youthful looking even at 85 years old. And she didn't need plastic surgery or facelift.
    She's definitely looked much younger then her age, easily 30 years younger then her real age.
    She's one of the most beautiful actress in Hollywood.

  • @taylorstickelmier4229
    @taylorstickelmier4229 3 роки тому +58

    Classy yet so down to earth! Gorgeous woman.

  • @karlatkinson4397
    @karlatkinson4397 3 роки тому +63

    She's a true trail blazer. Someone who pushed boundaries and made real impact on other people's lives. Very inspiring and genuinely lovely with it.

    • @lalani888blue
      @lalani888blue Рік тому +3

      I loved her 'self respect'. She not only had a voice for music but she showed by her own action's...How to use boundaries and never settle for disrespect. Love her always 💜💌

  • @silverlakegirl9078
    @silverlakegirl9078 2 роки тому +12

    I get the goosebumps at the very mention of her name. Her inner beauty shows all over her gorgeous face. It doesn't get better than this!

  • @jermainethomas1570
    @jermainethomas1570 2 роки тому +10

    She teared up for Halle Berry and all that she accomplished and is very appreciative that Halle looks up to those who paved the way for her💙💙💙

  • @crystalsmith4187
    @crystalsmith4187 Рік тому +7

    Beautiful, I love Diahann Carroll. I loved Julia, and Claudine she's still a very beautiful, and intelligent lady. She's growing older, gracefully. Very good show, and Host. Thanks.

  • @jermainethomas1570
    @jermainethomas1570 2 роки тому +7

    Loved how she acknowledged how impotence A Different World was and still is to the culture. I remember one of the cast members saying that they were complaining about something and they said someone(didn't say who) told them that they were lucky to be there because they weren't even aloud on the lot back in the day and now we know that came from Diahann Carroll 💙💙💙💙

  • @lalani888blue
    @lalani888blue Рік тому +8

    When I was a little girl I loved to sing. I was very blessed to grow up with relatives and neighbors who had a vast collection of music. All genre's. A music teacher (s) who played music from Pearl Bailey, Oscar Peterson, Diahann Carroll... Sarah Vaughan, Billy Holiday and so many more gifted creatives. My singing talent went unnoticed in my immediate family because it wasn't considered to be a career. Now in my later year's I find myself singing again... it's never too late to do what you 💚💌

  • @auroraskywalker4475
    @auroraskywalker4475 2 роки тому +24

    Such a beautiful, elegant and Classy woman .. there will never be another Diahann Carroll..🙏🏽🕊

  • @metamorphicme9378
    @metamorphicme9378 3 роки тому +40

    what a class act!

  • @kesybaby5382
    @kesybaby5382 Рік тому +4

    I didn't want it to end... 😢

  • @dianeseymour6189
    @dianeseymour6189 Рік тому +4

    Diahann Carrol,Was a amazing Lady❤Rest in Eternal peace Ms. Carrol.

  • @teeart356
    @teeart356 2 роки тому +17

    Loved her as Whitley's mom on A Different World...perfect selection! ❤

  • @user-xg7iz4ok5z
    @user-xg7iz4ok5z 6 місяців тому +2

    At 70 she still looks Magnificent ❤!!!!

  • @des86usn06
    @des86usn06 2 роки тому +19

    I could listen to this graceful woman talk all day long. What a treasure she was.

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому

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  • @briansmith6292
    @briansmith6292 3 роки тому +28

    I love love love that woman. My aunt I think resembled her I think it was the way they both carried themselves. With class grace and style.

    • @patriciawarmoth661
      @patriciawarmoth661 2 роки тому +1

      Then you must be beautiful

    • @joshualovell2003
      @joshualovell2003 2 роки тому

      You're aunt looked nothing like her I've seen aunt Bertha before she looked more like Florida Evans

  • @khykhy
    @khykhy 2 роки тому +8

    I have watched this at least 10 times. What a legend.

  • @gigigiseleworld
    @gigigiseleworld 2 роки тому +24

    I have seen her in many interviews ... but this one was actually the best over all in the past years. May the both of these two #talented and #gifted ladies RIP. #DiahannCarroll #GwenIfill ...

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому +2

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  • @bostonteaparty3926
    @bostonteaparty3926 Рік тому +3

    RIH to both of these special ladies

  • @MsTee3301
    @MsTee3301 2 роки тому +4

    So graceful and classy.

  • @marvinmills9351
    @marvinmills9351 2 роки тому +29

    Two extraordinary human beings, long admired for their inner beauty, graciousness, warmth and intellect. Wonderful seeing them together.

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому +1

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  • @kazkazzie3906
    @kazkazzie3906 3 роки тому +63

    This was a brilliant interview. Ms Carroll was a legend. The interviewer has done a great job once again 😊

    • @thebootielover
      @thebootielover 2 роки тому +2

      I wish I had been raised by parents like her.

    • @janettawallace3722
      @janettawallace3722 2 роки тому +4

      She was really down to earth. I am amazed how she talked about her life. A lovely lady. Beautiful interview.

  • @freespirit5680
    @freespirit5680 2 роки тому +18

    Talented, intelligent, beautiful, strong, and comes across as a lovely and a complete person. Thank goodness we have interviews such as this on record so we can remember more vividly these great artists and performers.

  • @tenpenthouse
    @tenpenthouse 3 роки тому +14

    16:50 If that is not the greatest "And that's the tea" moment and face ever seen in an interview LOL

  • @reginaashton7206
    @reginaashton7206 2 роки тому +19

    Such an elegant soul!

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  • @RaphaelMArias
    @RaphaelMArias 2 роки тому +15

    One of the greatest. I adore her. She set the bar of excellence. Class.

  • @itsdebbiecakeyoubigdummy828
    @itsdebbiecakeyoubigdummy828 2 роки тому +13

    2 Iconic Women Gwen Ifill and Diane Carroll... May they both RIP 🙏
    Dianne Carroll and Chaka Khan are both the epitome of natural femininity. It's do electrifying to watch these women. I get goosebumps just watching and listening to them.

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому +4

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  • @Refreshing_Words
    @Refreshing_Words 2 роки тому +9

    Thankful I found this priceless piece of history.

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому

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  • @jhondoe110
    @jhondoe110 Рік тому +3

    Fathers and Daughters have a very special Relationship...like Sons and Mothers❤️

  • @benzz2006
    @benzz2006 3 роки тому +11

    Our Black Judy.' She definitely carried the torch well after Dorothy.

  • @rubychew6535
    @rubychew6535 2 роки тому +3

    She was always articulate, and I always thought that she was very polished. I enjoyed her singing style.

  • @AnimxsityDontPlay
    @AnimxsityDontPlay 2 роки тому +7

    Julia is one of my favorite shows in the world. I never seen it until I was a adult and I wish there were more episodes. Diahann Carroll became one of my idols after seeing that show. She is definitely a legend may she rest in peace. On top of that she was absolutely Gorgeous.....

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому

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  • @schurrlittle1339
    @schurrlittle1339 2 роки тому +10

    GWEN IFILL VERY GOOD INTERVIEW WITH DIAHANN CARROLL TRUTH BE TOLD PURE HONESTY!!

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    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 2 роки тому

      Gwyn is dead too

  • @deborahsteele7427
    @deborahsteele7427 2 роки тому +6

    "Great interview, and I truly miss the both of them" ... Blessings always, Ms. Deborah Steele - 11/15/21

  • @TheHistoryMakers
    @TheHistoryMakers  3 роки тому +9

    Send it to others to view....we want to keep her legacy alive.

  • @lesthebest3171
    @lesthebest3171 2 роки тому +3

    Diahann Carroll is another Legendary Entertainer who received her dues in this great interview. Whenever I think of her I think of Dorothy Dandridge and how sad that she didn’t live long enough to see the success of all the ladies who came after her. Dorothy was the most glamorous Black Woman of the 50s, and wihen she starred in her Oscar nominated role in Carmen Jones (1954), Diahann made her screen debut in that film as a plain Jane. Within a decade Diahann would equal Dorothy in terms of Glamorous Star Power. Carroll was the last of the 50s Glamour Queens who help to shape the image of ourselves, may she and Gwen Iffill forever RIP.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 2 роки тому +4

    She is one of my favorite actresses and absolutely love her elegance and class.

  • @jodiehawley463
    @jodiehawley463 2 роки тому +7

    What an amazing woman ♥️♥️♥️

  • @TheDarkDresser
    @TheDarkDresser 2 роки тому +15

    She's so fortunate to have had a loving home with both parents who doted on her.
    So many of us girls have had childhood trauma, because our fathers were never around.
    Once the predators know that there is no man in the house, they see a young girl as their prey.

    • @ryanscottlogan8459
      @ryanscottlogan8459 2 роки тому +1

      Her parents abandoned her!😝

    • @TheDarkDresser
      @TheDarkDresser 2 роки тому +1

      @@ryanscottlogan8459
      I subsequently learned that in another video and was shocked, since I got a different impression here.

    • @winniejohnson5559
      @winniejohnson5559 2 роки тому +2

      @@TheDarkDresser well even if they did , she seemed to gotten what she needed from them to help her to be successful..

  • @akrenwinkle
    @akrenwinkle 10 місяців тому +2

    I miss Gwen Ifill. So composed, professional and personable.

  • @sherrystevenson2698
    @sherrystevenson2698 2 роки тому +2

    I love this woman . 💯🥰😍🌹❤️👏🏾🙏🏾

  • @MA-yh2ko
    @MA-yh2ko 2 роки тому +5

    Great interview. As a lil Black boy being able to see a reflection of myself at the same age as Corey was soooo impactful.

  • @pennieclinton6567
    @pennieclinton6567 2 роки тому +3

    Such an amazing woman but she seems to tell 2 different stories of her parents. On this interview it’s all praises and in others she’s speaks of how her parents abandoned her

  • @enolamsamoht
    @enolamsamoht 3 роки тому +11

    RIP Mrs Carroll 🌹💐!!!

  • @cedarabbey
    @cedarabbey 3 роки тому +14

    Hard to believe that Gwen and Diahann are both gone.

  • @wilmaevergreen6594
    @wilmaevergreen6594 2 роки тому +3

    One of Gods trophy women

  • @vernonparrish7066
    @vernonparrish7066 2 роки тому +10

    WOW. JUST WOW! I love this lady/singer/actress! Thank you for sharing your life with the world.

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому

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  • @jsmcfariii
    @jsmcfariii 2 роки тому +3

    Epic Beauty and so much more.

  • @santi7616
    @santi7616 3 роки тому +12

    Thank you for this great interview, what a great lady she was. 💖

  • @smoothwill
    @smoothwill Рік тому +2

    Both of these lovely great black woman rest in peace

  • @virginiadouglas9449
    @virginiadouglas9449 2 роки тому +3

    So true.....there would never be another one like her....thank you D for being so lovely for life

  • @MrMystri
    @MrMystri 2 роки тому +5

    So ironic talking about being cancer free then she dies from it in 2019. Very sad, such a lovely woman, classy and elegant RIP

  • @denakirkland5219
    @denakirkland5219 2 роки тому +2

    So glad that I got to see this interview!!!

  • @brittyh428
    @brittyh428 2 роки тому +8

    I tell you what, this interview blessed me. So glad I watched!

    • @sophisticatedmm3632
      @sophisticatedmm3632 2 роки тому

      DC was absolutely amazing. Beautiful, classy & sophisticated.

  • @Whalee39
    @Whalee39 3 роки тому +8

    Such an incredible woman. 💕💗

  • @sherrygrant317
    @sherrygrant317 2 роки тому +5

    The Queen has spoken

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  • @gson6456
    @gson6456 2 роки тому +7

    Best interview

  • @JoeJoe-ng9qb
    @JoeJoe-ng9qb Місяць тому

    Wow! Powerful voices! And we miss Gwen so much, too. Great human beings with so much talent!!!

  • @chericollier7332
    @chericollier7332 2 роки тому +1

    This is a great interview. I love that she knew what she wanted in life, and she recognized and accepted her limitations. The interviewer was focused on her marriages. There's no failure there.

  • @TheHistoryMakers
    @TheHistoryMakers  3 роки тому +5

    Thank you. That means a lot. Yes. We agree that it is a great interview

  • @jnicole599
    @jnicole599 Рік тому +1

    This was a great interview 👏🏾 such a Beautiful 😍 woman Diahann Carroll very grateful and elegant ❤️

  • @kierstenwhite7807
    @kierstenwhite7807 3 місяці тому

    Brilliant interview-- she has given us the platform, it's now up to us to rise to the height of it. She was absolutely right in her assessment of the industry that runs solely on the almighty dollar. May she rest in power, knowing she showed us the path-- now, let's ride it!

  • @edglebennett6312
    @edglebennett6312 3 роки тому +13

    This was fascinating to watch. Thank you so much.

    • @TheHistoryMakers
      @TheHistoryMakers  3 роки тому +1

      You are very welcome, we are thrilled you enjoyed it!

  • @jeffreyyounger5772
    @jeffreyyounger5772 2 роки тому +1

    One of the ground breaker, beautiful, intelligent, creative, spiritual, queen 👑,black 🖤 woman made a different, to black and america woman 👠,in general!!!♀️🎂😜😜💕🌪️🌪️🍵💸🗝️🗝️💖🥳😻🕐🥇🥇🥺🪖🍓🛼🙏🎯🎯🌍😘😘🌎😳📻🍷🎨🎨👠🪖🍓🕐🍓🕐🏘️🌎🌎🌎🌎😳😳😳

  • @SEA-dx1sv
    @SEA-dx1sv 2 роки тому +4

    True legend,. A Queen 👑

  • @solemandd67
    @solemandd67 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for posting this outstanding interview between Ms. Ifill and Ms. Carroll.

  • @bakeembakeem
    @bakeembakeem Рік тому +1

    Absolutely Imperial in every way, my forever Queen

  • @themostbeautifulisraw4561
    @themostbeautifulisraw4561 Рік тому +1

    I love this woman so much.

  • @gettingeven8657
    @gettingeven8657 2 роки тому +11

    She was such a beautiful and talent women. She Even aged beautifully 🙏

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      @TheHistoryMakers  2 роки тому

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  • @zacharyboyd5391
    @zacharyboyd5391 2 роки тому +6

    I loved the role she'd played in Eve's bayou

  • @DBZluvz
    @DBZluvz 16 днів тому

    ya know, i have watched 1,000's of videos here on youtube and the longer ones i have a tendency to skip certain areas but this is the first video i've watched in years that i watched the entirety of the video. Diahann Carroll is an inspiration for us all and throughout her life she remained intelligent, thoughtful, beautiful but more importantly she retained her sense of self, her sense of class! she never changed the core of who she is.

  • @lisabaxter7786
    @lisabaxter7786 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing this ❤

  • @homodeus8713
    @homodeus8713 3 роки тому +6

    Absolutely marvelous 💞

  • @jojo90s4
    @jojo90s4 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful lady

  • @sophisticatedmm3632
    @sophisticatedmm3632 2 роки тому +5

    DC was an absolute DIVA RIP Queen

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  • @poseidon3201
    @poseidon3201 Рік тому +1

    Even her name has a ring to it.

  • @patriciawarmoth661
    @patriciawarmoth661 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, I never watched Claudine. I always remember her from Dynasty as Mrs. Devereaux.

  • @mrporsche4236
    @mrporsche4236 2 роки тому +1

    70 years old here wow

  • @lisaphillips9991
    @lisaphillips9991 2 роки тому +6

    The stunning, gorgeous, elegant...Diahann Carroll...RIP forever a starr...❤...

  • @bambinomalle37
    @bambinomalle37 2 роки тому +1

    An incredible woman. Molto bellissima!!!

  • @HLJlovejoy
    @HLJlovejoy 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely beautiful, graceful & lovely 🥰

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  • @mermaidguitarist
    @mermaidguitarist Рік тому

    An incredible interview!

  • @MichaelKomlo
    @MichaelKomlo 2 місяці тому

    What a class act and astute Lady!

  • @katyp5914
    @katyp5914 2 роки тому +5

    Class act!❤

  • @w.urlitzer1869
    @w.urlitzer1869 5 місяців тому

    I love her composure.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 2 роки тому +2

    She was great as Preston Burkes mother on Greys Anatomy

  • @sherrygrant317
    @sherrygrant317 2 роки тому +2

    Grace and elegance

  • @MauriceRivers415
    @MauriceRivers415 10 місяців тому +1

    I've always felt that the torch was passed to her when Dorothy Dandridge died. Dorothy was the right woman, in the right place, at the WRONG time in history: she was too early. Diahann took off as the civil rights movement was taking off, and old racist attitudes/rules were being pushed back on and exposed. The Hollywood movie industry of the old days was breaking down, the rules were being rewritten, and television was becoming the great unifier where Black women were gaining ground. Her flowers and legacy are endless.

  • @jhondoe110
    @jhondoe110 Рік тому +2

    I have been fortunate because l've been w very intelligent men.

  • @beazy7751
    @beazy7751 2 роки тому +2

    Two Legends RIP Queens

  • @EastOfATL
    @EastOfATL 2 роки тому +1

    Long💪🏽Live da Legendary 🌟👑🏆🎥Diahanne Carol🕊🌹

  • @britishlad5648
    @britishlad5648 2 роки тому +1

    I love her!!!