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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 of a daytime soap opera, from 1968 to 1985. She also appeared on Broadway, "The Guiding Light", "In the Heat of the Night" and "School Daze".
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, 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 8, 2023 · Ellen Holly, the One Life to Live actress who broke ground as the first Black performer in a starring role on daytime television in the U.S., died in her sleep Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in...
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.
