Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the first Black actress to gain stardom on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ellen Holly, The First Black Actor To Lead A Daytime Soap Opera With ‘One Life To Live’, Has Died | Photo: ABC Photo ...

Ellen Holly, whose role in the soap opera “One Life to Live” made her the first Black actor to play a lead role in a daytime TV show, died Wednesday in New York. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by ...

(Gray News/TMX) – Ellen Holly, the first Black actor to land a lead role on a soap opera and lifelong advocate for Black representation in television, has died at the age of 92. She died in her sleep ...

Trailblazing American actress Ellen Holly, the first Black person to star in a soap opera, has died. The White Plains resident, who helped change the face of daytime television with her lead role on ...

Ellen Holly, the groundbreaking actress, who became the first Black actress to star in a soap opera, when she played Carla Gray on ABC’s “One Life to Live,” has died at 92. “Remembering my cousin ...