Ellen Holly

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

January 16, 1931

died

December 5, 2023

place of birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

total credits

6 movies

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.

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