Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger, 1954)
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Princess Diahann | Vintage Black Glamour & Grace
Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. She rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, a first for an African-American woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. In 1974 she starred in Claudine alongside James Earl Jones for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her title role in Julia, for which she received the 1968 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female, was the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role, and was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s, she played the role of Dominique Deveraux, a mixed-race diva, in the prime time soap opera Dynasty. Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including her Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe Award in 1968, and five Emmy Award nominations. She died on October 4, 2019, from breast cancer.
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Dorothy Dandridge photographed by Bob Willoughby on the set of Carmen Jones (1954)
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Dorothy Dandridge throws out her hip in the sexy pose used in silhouette on ad posters for her movie "Carmen Jones." Miss Dandridge struck the silhouette stance before a billboard at Cannes, where she's attending the International Film Festival, 1955.
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Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belefonte as Carmen and Joe for Carmen Jones promotional shoot 1954
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Portrait of soprano Carlotta Franzell. Printed on front: "J. Abresch, N.Y." Stamped on back: "Kindly give credit to James Abresch, 200 West 57th St., N.Y.C." Label on back: "Carlotta Franzell, who originated the demure little Cindy Lou in the Broadway production of Carmen Jones returns in the role when Civic's final offering opens at Masonic, Monday, February 28." 1949
E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library
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Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters on set of CARMEN JONES (1954)
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Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger, 1954)
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