Search Results

Discover biographies, career insights, and filmographies of actors and creators.

Acting Profile

Ellen Holly

Born: Jan 16, 1931

Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

TMDB Popularity: 0.2

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.