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Ellen Holly
Acting
🎂 January 16, 1931📍 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA🕯️ December 5, 2023 · Age 92
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.
BODY OF WORK
Ellen Holly's Filmography
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10,000 Black Men Named George
2002⭐ 3.9
as Selena Frey
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School Daze
1988⭐ 5.6
as Odrie McPherson
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High School Narc
1985
as Mrs. Robbins
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978⭐ 4.4
as Amy
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King Lear
1974⭐ 9.0
as Regan
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Take a Giant Step
1959⭐ 5.2
as The Girl in the Bar