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 ...

Ellen Holly, the first Black actress to become a recurring soap star on ABC‘s One Life to Live as Carla Gray-Hall has died. The history-making soap star was 92 years old. According to Holly’s ...

The soap opera and Broadway actress and writer for The New York Times died in her sleep on Dec. 6 at Calvary Hospital in The Bronx, New York. Ellen Holly, America’s first Black lead on a daytime soap, ...

Ellen Holly, the barrier-breaking actress best known for her role in One Life to Live, has died. She was 92. Holly passed away in her sleep on Wednesday (Dec. 6) at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, ...

(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 ...

There have been hurdles aplenty tossed between Holly and Tate since the pair first fell for one another on Days of Our Lives. After Tate took the rap for Holly’s drug overdose, the star-crossed ...

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 ...

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 ...