As Actor
10,000 Black Men Named George
2002
4.0
Ellen Holly
Acting
Birth date
January 16, 1931
Birth place
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Death date
December 5, 2023
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.
