Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly

  • Birthday: 1931-01-16
  • Deathday: 2023-12-05

Biography

Ellen Virginia Holly (January 16, 1931 – December 5, 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. Holly is noted as the first African American to appear on daytime television in a leading role.

Filmography

Take a Giant Step

1959

As The Girl in the Bar

School Daze

1988

As Odrie McPherson

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002

As Selena Frey

King Lear

1974

As Regan

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