370K views · 10K reactions | We mourn the loss of pioneering actress Diahann Carroll, the Tony Award winner and first African American woman to star in her own television series. This interview was conducted in 2017, by director Yoruba Richen for the forthcoming program, “How it Feels to Be Free.” | American Masters | Facebook

"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

21K views · 1K reactions | From the TCM Archives: The late Diahann Carroll reflects on her debut performance in Carmen Jones (’54) and working with Star of the Month Dorothy Dandridge. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

Today would have been the great Diahann Carroll's 87th birthday. Listen to Diahann discuss the joy of singing on Broadway. [VID: Interview with Diahann Carroll. Transcript: It was a moment in life that you'll never recapture, hearing songs written for you by Richard Rodgers, that you will have the opportunity to introduce to the world and perform eight times a week in the theater. I remember what I wore, I remember my hair, and I remember his office and that incredible sound of that piano. It wa