Her 1968 series Julia changed the game for black women on television.
Playing a nurse and a single mother, Carroll’s Julia was poised,
well-spoken, professional, beautiful and a devoted mother. When she
joined Dynasty in the 1980s, she turned up the heat as Dominique
Deveraux, proving that black women of a certain age could be just as
glamorous and treacherous as Joan Collins’ Alexis. At 74, she’s still
representing, proving that ageless beauty and glamour never go out of
style.
Source: The Grio
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