Legs Are the Last to Go

By: Diahann Carroll

Narrated by: Diahann Carroll

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

It's conventional wisdom that Hollywood has no use for a woman over 40. So it's a good thing that Diahann Carroll, with her winning career, is anything but conventional.

With wisdom that only aging gracefully can bestow, she talks frankly about her four marriages as well as her other relationships, including her courtship with Sidney Poitier; racial politics in show business; and the personal cost, particularly to her family, of being a pioneer.

From a recent, Emmy-nominated role on Grey's Anatomy to appearances on Oprah, Diahann Carroll's legendary stage, film, and television career has spanned more than five decades.

Her title role on Julia beginning in 1968 established Carroll as the first African-American actress to star in her own television series. The role garnered her both an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win to go along with the 1962 Best Actress Tony Award she won for her role in No Strings (also a first for a Black woman). Diahann also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Claudine.

In the 1980s, Diahann joined the glitzy night-time soap opera Dynasty as the jet-setter Dominique Deveraux.

Carroll's career continued strong in the 1990s with appearances in films such as The Five Heartbeats; she also starred as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.

As a breast cancer survivor and activist, Carroll invited a camera crew into her treatment room for a national broadcast special to draw attention to the cause.

Ever the consummate performer, her cabaret show at Feinstein's traveled nationwide to sold-out audiences.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2008 Diahann Carroll (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

Loved it All!!

It was a ride through her life! She was brutally honest about her challenges, and her voice brought so much life to her adventures that it felt like an experience for the listener as well! A Great listen!!!

Phenomenal or Delightful

I was throughly impressed by this work of art. However, I expected nothing less that from such a keen, intelligent, and wise beauty! Her ability to tell a story from decade to decade and still capture your attention was everything. I lived her transparency and her ability to make the audience feel as though you were there conversing with her. I recommend everyone to read/listen to this book whether you were a fan or not. But who am I kidding, you either love her or hate her because you want to be her!

It made me smile. She was the ultimate DIVA.

liked it! It wasn't hard to listen to or a struggle to get through

Brains and beauty, a perfect combination!

Loved this! We could all learn a lesson or two from this and the many other fallen “Old Hollywood” legends. RIP Ms. Carroll.

If we only knew, you are loved!

this was a compelling story and such new information about our beloved Diahann, Though I will never understand why some women ( even those we think our Strong) allow Men to be abusers... I would have kick their ass, you got to catch them when they are most 'vulnerable' ie sleeping, taken a shit or doing something they love - come at them when they least expect = do unto others as they will do unto you Surprise the MF. On a positive note, several of her noted quotes from her Mother, were those my Mother shared with me, LOVE Diahann, RIP You are missed

A great "read"! LOVE Diahann Carroll

I admire Diahann Carroll a lot and so much more after "reading" her story. She is honest, engaging, and as real as I imagined she would be. So much of her story is relatable to what I, my mother, and grandmother have experience.

delightful, heart felt & full of heart

I primarily listen while driving; but also gardening or relaxing and to hear their voice telling me their story in those stolen moments is finding a new friend and that fills my heart.
That they were willing to dredge up memories; good & not so good & share them with me allows me to understand their point of view and relate to my life whether in emotion, situation or circumstance and that makes me grateful.
Their gift is my learning things I could never know without their story.
This book holds the stories of a life well lived and lived well! Brava & thank you.

Great Book

Diahann Carroll's memoir is a great read. I loved her stories and her transparency. What an amazing life she lived.

A Star through and through!

She can sure tell a story- what an amazing life!
I loved this delightful book!

Very entertaining, thoughtful and a wonderful piece of history.

Miss Carroll writes and narrates with the same beauty and class she brought to every one of her performances. Her story also happens with a remarkable backdrop of American culture at that time.