1988Nominee
Best Performance
School Daze
Ellen Holly
Actor
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
January 16, 1931
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1974Winner
Best Performance
King Lear
1959Nominee
Best Performance
Take a Giant Step
Career Highlights
2002Highlight
Best Performance
10,000 Black Men Named George
1985Highlight
Best Performance
High School Narc
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School Daze
10,000 Black Men Named George