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Ellen Holly

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Ellen Holly

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9 known credits 0.5 popularity score 92 years

Biography

About Ellen Holly

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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Ellen Holly across film and television

9credited titles
6movie credits
3TV credits
1959–2002screen career span

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