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Ellen Virginia Holly (January 16, 1931 – December 6, 2023) was an American actress. Beginning her career on stage in the late 1950s, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Carla Gray–Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1968–1980; 1983–1985).
Dec 7, 2023 · Ellen Holly, the first Black actor to play a lead role on daytime television, who broke barriers and sparked controversy on the soap opera “One Life to Live” starting in the late 1960s as a woman...
Dec 8, 2023 · Ellen Holly was a stage and screen actor who played Carla Gray, the first Black lead in a daytime soap opera. She also appeared in Broadway, TV shows and films, and became a librarian in the 1990s.
Dec 8, 2023 · Ellen Holly, who played Carla Benari on One Life to Live, was the first Black actress to star on a daytime soap. She advocated for Black representation in TV and wrote an op-ed that landed her the role in 1968.
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Dec 8, 2023 · Ellen Holly, a stage and screen actor who became the first Black star of a daytime television series with her role as Carla Gray in ABC's soap opera "One...
Dec 7, 2023 · Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the first Black actress to gain stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep...
Dec 8, 2023 · Ellen Holly, the first Black actress to have a leading role on a daytime soap opera, died on Dec. 6, 2023, at age 92.
