"It was a wonderful experience. I almost told them you don't need to pay me but I didn't tell them that," the late Diahann Carroll on the making of CLAUDINE ('74). Carroll was nominated for an Oscar for her performance. The film is available on demand on Watch TCM. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Bye Bye Diahann Carroll! ————————————————————————- Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actor and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant lead role in a TV series as Julia, has died. She was 84. During her long career, Carroll She became the first black woman to win the Tony for best actress in 1962, for Broadway musical No Strings. She was also nominated for an Academy Award nomination for Claudine in 1975. She suffered racism both in Hollywood and as o