Fri, 12/08/2023
Remembering Ellen Holly
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We are so sad to learn that actress Ellen Holly has passed away at the age of 92. She began her career in the theater, including a run on Broadway before going on to be cast as “Carla Gray” on One Life to Live - a groundbreaking role which made her the first Black actress with a continuing daily lead role on a soap opera.
Below are some selections from her 2018 interview:
On the importance of her early One Life to Live storyline:
On her New York Times article “How Black Do You Have to Be?”:
On her greatest takeaway from her time on One Life to Live:
Watch Ellen Holly’s full interview and read her obituary in Variety.