Ellen Holly
An image from 10,000 Black Men Named George, one of the productions that also features Ellen Holly.
Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly

January 16, 1931

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.

School Daze

School Daze

1988

Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

1959

10,000 Black Men Named George

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002