Ellen Holly, the first Black person to star in a soap opera with her lead role on One Life to Live, died Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y.She was 92 and died in her sleep. Her first ...

Ellen Holly, the first Black actor to play a lead role on daytime television, who broke barriers and sparked controversy on the soap opera “One Life to Live” starting in the late 1960s as a ...

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 daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep ...

Ellen Holly, an actress known for playing the role of Carla Gray on "One Life to Live," has died. She was 92. Holly "passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday at the age of 92 at Calvary ...

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. Skip to content.

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.

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 daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep ...

“One Life to Live” actress Ellen Holly, who made history as the first black person to star in a soap opera, has died at 92. On Thursday, Holly’s publicist Cheryl L. Duncan confirmed to ...

Ellen Holly, the first Black actress to have a lead role in a U.S. soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at a Bronx hospital, per a statement shared by her publicist ...

Ellen Virginia Holly – the “One Life to Live” actress who was the first African-American to star on a soap opera – has died at the age of 92, according to media reports.