Cast & creator
Ellen Holly
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Great Performances, Guiding Light
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.
Movies
6
film credits
Series
3
television credits
Career
9
1952–2002 · acting roles
Credit score
5.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (9)
Showing 9 of 9 credits
Series
★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
★ 6.1
Great Performances
Regan
1971
Series
★ 5.9
Guiding Light
Judge Frances Collier
1952
Movie
★ 5.7
School Daze
Odrie McPherson
1988
Movie
★ 4.4
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Amy
1978
Movie
★ 5.2
Take a Giant Step
The Girl in the Bar
1959
Movie
★ 3.9
10,000 Black Men Named George
Selena Frey
2002
Movie
High School Narc
Mrs. Robbins
1985
Movie
★ 9.0
King Lear
Regan
1974