Met Diahann and Vic Damone on Maui Island when they were flying in a helicopter together.She was beautyfull inside and out..best dressed lady eye ever saw too!What eye loved most about her was her earthiness as a mother figure to me when eye offered her a gardenia to put behind her 👂.And she told methat gardenias mean death in the South.But i reminded her of her own child and I told her I had a bobby pin in the back and she let put a gardenia in her hair.A very spiritual moment for us both

Not past tense yet; she still looks good at 83, speaking subjectively. ☺

Makes her fellow femmes admiringly gasp, "My gawd, what would I do with all that stunning beauty, elegance and talent if I had even a fraction of these!"

@@Absurdist1968 died oct 2019 84 yrs

Sonia Downey Aww what a terribly sad end to this thread. Thanks for letting us know. I've just flicked through several images and indeed she looked beautiful right through her life.

Holy hell, the most beautiful person to ever be on this show. Nobody said anything about it. The show is fun and interesting but is certainly a product of it's time. They only fawn over white beauty.

83 in 2019 !!!

@@AlizeeDefan She has passed October 2019 at the age of 84.🌹

@@lindarobinson2299 Her Birthday was the day before mine. 🌺🙏🏽

Yes, she was a classy lady for I grew up watching her shows. Blessings to you 🌷too.

Not what I remember from a TV interview - many years later, but the arrogrance was unbelievable.

I was told by someone who worked for Universal she was drunk on her TV special many years ago..

Carroll

@@disvids8754 Hmmm, one never knows. It is possible. But, then, sometimes the underlying nature of what is perceived as arrogance may be something else entirely. Context is all. As is one's stripe of overall character. In other cases, many a genius comes across as abundantly arrogant - what is, in some cases, evidence of acute, interminable frustration in having few or no peers who truly understand what one's work/passion/thought processes and drives (and attendant sacrifices) are about. Such individuals, many of whom are deeply sensitive beings, endure great loneliness, what would kill many. In other words, that quality of arrogance can mask anger of no small disaffection/alienation, pain and suffering in the face of massive ignorance or baseless prejudice (of any kind). For all her talent, Ms. Carroll was hardly a genius. Nor is this to say or assume that what you perceived as her haughty demeanor, in that interview, is without merit. Not having seen the interview myself, and my not knowing really anything about her personal background, I simply cannot say, either way. Her emphasis on a glamorous appearance, apparently at all times (in the public eye at least), may mask personal insecurity/vanity issues and/or deeply ingrained impositions of the entertainment world which she was well-suited to comply with/adapt herself well to, given her stunning physical beauty. There is one interview I saw, in which she recounted an experience with Marlon Brando relatively early, I believe, in their respective careers. If her story is true, I respected how she said she dealt with it, and how Brando himself responded afterward. If so, safe to say that Brando likely very much respected her response as well - if only for the rarity of it. Apparently, she did not fall for what countless other women had where the young Brando was concerned. Quite the contrary. Yet, in later years, she also openly admitted her insecurity to live alone, not knowing how to live alone, her expectation of her husbands to make her happy, and how difficult a person she was to live with. I don't doubt that. So, arrogance? Not unlikely. But, again, what lies underneath a person's arrogance. Is the arrogance, however off-putting, backed up with legitimate accomplishment and brilliance (e.g., the genius musician-artist-bandleader Miles Davis)? Or does it conceal tremendous personal insecurity? Or something in between? Human beings are rarely black-and-white. Observing any person closely and fairly is, often, to find some quite interesting things. Including, in reflection, about ourselves, yes?

@@disvids8754 Yeah, you found her "uppity", asshole.

smd ftb - Yeah, me too. Too bad we can't "import" some of that into public life today. I am sure you know what I mean.

I haven't heard that word 'smitten' in ages. The English language is a changing.

Great energy drink named after him too.

one thing i love about watching stuff from the past is getting to read little comments like these, i dont know why but i always find it heartwarming! fans of idols and stars from previous generations sharing their love and passion for them with others as well. im just discovering this lady and she really was a marvel

She's wearing a lot of makeup (but she's still beautiful!)

Women can wear makeup if they pls.

@@sillyladtanMe too! I love the fans and Stan’s of older superstars keeping their legacy alive and just showing love! It makes me so happy!🥹

Mrs. Carroll is AGELESS!💕

She just has her hair done like a white woman

@@dinahbrown902 So what? She was still a beautiful woman.

@@bubgum0079 matter of opinion. Looks like a white wanna be

@@dinahbrown902 Many black women do. It's their personal choice, after all ...

@@dinahbrown902 What a racist remark obviously emanating from the jowls of an obnoxious jealous woman, who knows nothing and takes every opportunity to perpetuate racism; seeing it around every corner, under every rock, nook n' cranny. Diane Carroll was beautiful no matter her race, no matter how she chooses to wear her hair.

she looked so young at 27, I honestly thought she was in her early 20s by how she looked as I did not know she was born in 1935

So CLASSY AND ELEGANT...

Even though he was only saying yes and no, it was obvious from the start that he had an English accent (actually New Zealand) yet no one picked up on it. No one tried to figure out where he was from.

And the sort of person he was. He and his Sherpa guide had braved all the perils together, so he figured they should share between them the honor of being the first, and they stepped onto the summit together.

I was thinking of the exact same thing!

Even apart from that, it was clear from the sport answer that it was something athletic but not a typical sport.

Indeed, they played uncharacteristically poorly on that round. Usually when one line of questioning is going nowhere someone will try to change tack and come at it another way.

At 4:13, Cerf's question of Hillary: "Do you appear before the public in your sporting affiliation?" Answer: No. At 4:55, Griffin: "Would you be managerial staff of a particular team?" Answer: Yes. All the sports then ticked off were in regards to the managerial aspect (e.g., 5:32, Cerf: "Is the sport with which you are associated baseball?") So these questions were understandable.

Good point!

Dang, Arlene was so good at this. And witty. Loose: "Well, that's true of all of us."

Greatest and the best

M N, actually, the Japanese are very respectful of each other. There are some excellent KZfaq videos that demonstrate this. Look for "50 Things You Didn't Know About Japan" and similar titles.

Yes, in America at least, the hippies and drug, free-sex culture ruined all of that. Now the hippies are old, teaching in universities and running everything, and they're still ruining everything.

Thee was no respect. Girl pls sit down.

He was surely a great man

That’s incredible! What a wonderful memory. 💕🐝🇺🇸☃️

Once, when I was a kid, my mom took me to a lecture and slide show by Sir Hillary. Afterwards, she took me to meet him, and he spent about ten minutes chatting with me. He was very personable and, to me, very tall.

Beautiful queen. May she R.I.P.

🙏🏽🙏🏽😪😪🌹🌻🌼🌷🌺

She died when? I didn't Kno......

🙏🙏

The audience should be told not to give any hints to panel!! 😢

She is also very, very good in the 1973 movie "Claudine," also starring James Earl Jones (and, as Claudine's son Charles, a 20-year-old actor named Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, who was making his screen debut).

jmccracken1963 I love the movie "Claudine" it's one of my favorites.

Me too! That's where I first heard of her, as a first grader!😊

I was 15 in 1973 I am a white male I had a big crush on beautiful Diahann Carroll. What a talented beautiful sexy classy dignified woman

That was before the hippies, drugs and 1970's decadence.

sure was-people had class,taste and decency.

I like it too. On the flip side im also imagining how restrictive it must've been at times

@@thesilentdiva Yea, I never find being respectful as restrictive. I guess you might be contrasting that with free-wheeling Kardiashian types nowadays, where everyone is nasty and exposes everything about themselves.

@@havenhurstgroup ok..... Yeah, no. I wasn't talking about being respectful. I was talking about how formal societies can sometimes be restrictive to self expression. Not in the form of disrespect.. A big part of that is what helped form the hippie movement , where ppl could be more individualistic, music started having more variety. so you could still be respect respectful but informal. Less conservative.

RIP Whitbey Houston

That training!

Agree. She's great.

He was very much admired in his day, but I found him to be obsequious.

Bad teeth.

@@JimBalter nobody cares

Blame the Bloomers ! They decided their parents were not "cool" enough and went full cocaine-addicts.

BLOOMERS? pantaloons?

Goofy GrandLouis Wow! How bigoted can one person be?

That's because the black people were still required to act "white".

@@goofygrandlouis6296 can we blame the boomers for the Kardashians too?

@Greg H. There is some truth in that, and if we (in our time) were not surrounded by different media outlets all the time, we wouldn't either.

Yes, she actually did look better with time.

They ALWAYS stand...for goodness sake

One of the reasons I love this show so much. Many different races appear and all are treated respectfully.

As far as I remember, they still hadn't had a black panelist. I wonder if they ever will? About 4 more years of shows to watch.

And one of the few times the panel guessed someone’s occupation during the “free guess” thing at the beginning was with Marilyn”s dramatic coach in 1955. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idufetGovLS9pok.html

Jan Anderson Link is broken.

cogidubnus1953 Where’d you come up with that?

Hillary always claimed that "they reached the summit together." In other words, neither one of them could have done it without the assistance of the other.

Also "You Bet Your Life", which had many non-white contestants, and even had white contestants sometimes paired with people of other races. YBYL was also one of the first programs on TV to have a racially integrated orchestra, though they certainly could never make a point of this on the air.

What's My Line? Thanks for sharing that; I didn't know.

+phtevlin Star Trek also fetured a prominant black female, that was 1966

+phtevlin Absolutely.

You know, the people complaining on this post about the loss of gentility since then would probably decry the equality of Blacks, too.

😢

RIP

👏🏿👏🏿 Sadly in the 21st Century those Days are LONG GONE.

I miss days when peole knew how to form cohesive sentences. No "umm..", "ahh..", "like" all the time.

Plays a good panelist...

Looks like shes a beauty every day

Exactly

Also, the show that's mentioned here, No Strings, was considered quite progressive for its day, since it featured an interracial couple -- the man was played by Richard Kiley.

VERY respectful to the husbands...... not

@@LarsRyeJeppesen HUH?

Have you seen her late 60’s series “Julia”? It’s here on KZfaq.

R.D. Dragon oh christ who CARES.

maria dombrowski You sounds like a lonely woman who can’t keep a man...poor thing.

DIahann Carroll was so feminine and sophisticated.

To think that Merv Griffin created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. He became wildly wealthy thanks to his creativity. BRAVO!

@@janetmarletto6667 I specifically recall in regard to "Wheel of Fortune" that Merv gave credit to his wife for creating it. It is a sort of "hangman" and she suggested it to him when they were driving together and he carried it out.

Oh gee when Arlene said something about "We're all a bit loose sometimes!" My eyes nearly fell out of my ears.

@@johnkayak5488 Hmm. Your eyes almost fell out of your ears. Wish I'd seen that.

From Wikipedia: On 31 March 1975 while en route to join Hillary in the village of Phaphlu, where he was helping to build a hospital, Louise and Belinda were killed in a plane crash near Kathmandu airport shortly after take-off.

@@suible thanks for this. Seems no life is w/o its heartbreak. :(

Sir Edmund went on to marry the widow of Peter Mulgrew who died in the plane crash on Mt. Erebus in Antarctica in 1979.

@@kiwitrainguy didn’t know that. Thanks. It kind of ties up two ends of the (small, but vast) world.