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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, Bob Morris

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Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028092
EAN: 9780060763268
ISBN: 0060763264
Label: Amistad
Manufacturer: Amistad
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Amistad
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Studio: Amistad
Sales Rank: 27872

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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. Shonda Rhimes, the creator and executive producer of the hit program Grey's Anatomy, developed a role just for her, and a recent show that's touring the United States, The Life and Times of Diahann Carroll, was enthusiastically embraced by the New York Times. And all this since Carroll turned seventy!

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. Whether she's recalling an audition for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, reflecting on her marriage to Vic Damone, or talking about her experience with breast cancer, Carroll's storied history, blunt views, and notorious wit will be sure to entertain and inform.

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- Very Candid...
"The Legs Are The Last To Go - Aging, Acting, Marrying & Other Things I Learned The Hard Way" by Diahann Carroll (Amistad/Harper Collins, 271 pages) is a good read and the title holds true to the material in the book. I enjoy autobiographical type books, especially when the author truly shares a real inside peek into his or her life. Diahann Carroll shared more than what I feel the average fan would have expected in a very candid way and for that I give her five stars. The book is a close intimate look at her life from the beginning up to the present. She goes deep into relationship issues with her mother, father, sister, stepmother and daughter. She dissects each marriage and relationship to understand the good, the bad, the ugly and the lessons learned. She gives a witty account ... Read More

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- Strutting like a Diva
While I did find this a very entertaining read and while I enjoyed getting the background on Richard Rogers, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the like, I can see how some readers see these very interesting stories as only a backdrop to many self congratulatory statements. At times the descriptions contained so much self flattery that they seemed a little comical (I do not think that was the intention). That being said I was shocked at the racial discrimination that Miss Carroll had to endure right up to and including the 90's. What is truly amazing is how Miss Carroll came through those experiences with poise, grace, class and style. I think Diahann used her very detailed descriptions of clothing, hair and makeup to demonstrate how she was always rising above her situation and not caving to it. She ... Read More

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- Gracious Diva. . . .
Diahann Carroll's "The Legs Are the Last To Go" is a thoughtful, provocative review of the star's life, times and loves. Looking back with a wizened, wistful eye, she muses on family, stardom, marriage, show business and race. Carroll may have a diva's outsized ego (she is still unabashedly strutting her stuff--even at age 73!), but she is also remarkably candid, funny and gracious. Boasting an astonishingly long and successful career that stretches all the way back to the mid-fifties, Carroll was extraordinarily blessed with attentive parents, cover-girl looks and considerable talent as a singing actress. To be sure, Carroll savors her good fortune. In the 1960's, she was the first black woman to have her own successful sitcom, "Julia"--a watershed moment for black performers in America. ... Read More

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- Any comprehensive film library needs this
Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty - but actress Diahann Carroll isn't conventional and her career defied the norm. Any who have followed her films will find her autobiography The Legs Are the Last to Go is a gripping story of her career, her professional and personal relationships, the lessons she's learned from Hollywood and life, and racial politics in Hollywood. Any comprehensive film library needs this.

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- The ego is the last thing to go::
I must say I really enjoyed reading this book. I reaaly love the way she tells a story.I guess all Hollywood divas have BIG ego's,how could you not(smile).great book,love her,love her. I hope she brings her one women show to Dallas

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