Shame. She was a good actress. When I was kid I always watched her show. Lloyd Nolan played her boss.
Yes I remember watching Julia as a very young child. Had no idea at the time that it was groundbreaking. She was very talented. RIP.
I loved that show. What a long way we have come for the better.
Must mention she won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the hit Broadway musical
“No Strings” with Richard Kiley.
Although no mention is made of the musical’s interracial theme back in 1960’s it was controversial.
In her memoir she writes that on opening night, when Diahann was acclaimed as a major star, composer Richard Rogers told her she could not go to the opening night party-—b/c she was black.
This from Richard Rodgers who won a Pulitzer Prize for his pro-civil rights music in South Pacific.