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Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly

1931-01-16

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

School Daze

Great Performances

Guiding Light

Take a Giant Step

10,000 Black Men Named George

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

King Lear

High School Narc

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Filmography:

Guiding Light (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Judge Frances Collier
Take a Giant Step (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
The Girl in the Bar
Great Performances (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Regan
King Lear (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Regan
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Amy
High School Narc (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Robbins
School Daze (1988)
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APPEREAD AS:
Odrie McPherson
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
APPEREAD AS:
Selena Frey

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