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Ellen Holly
Person

Ellen Holly

Specialty
Acting
Birth
January 16, 1931 · 92 years
Death
December 5, 2023
Origin
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Professional Trajectory

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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