Actor
Ellen Holly
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. ...

Known For
Acting
2002 -- 10,000 Black Men Named George | Selena Frey
1988 -- School Daze | Odrie McPherson
1985 -- High School Narc | Mrs. Robbins
1978 -- Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Amy
1974 -- King Lear | Regan
1959 -- Take a Giant Step | The Girl in the Bar
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