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Dec 8, 2023 · CLINT SPAULDING/Patrick McMullan. Ellen Holly, the trailblazing One Life to Live actress who became the first Black person to star on a soap opera, has died. She was 92. In a statement shared with ...
- Esther Kang
Character Duration Mary Kay Adams: Death 1992 Denny Albee Peter Janssen 1980–82 Eddie Alderson: Matthew Buchanan: 2001–12 Kristen Alderson: Starr Manning: 1998–2012 Brooke Alexander: Julia Michaels 2001 Terry Alexander Troy Nichols 1990–92 Maggie Andersson Jessica Buchanan: 1998 Russ Anderson: Steve Holden: 1987–88 Gerald Anthony ...
ActorCharacterDurationDeath1992Denny AlbeePeter Janssen1980–822001–121998–2012Carla Gray. Carla Gray is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live, played by actress Ellen Holly. Carla appeared from October 1968 [1] through December 1980, and from May 1983 through December 1985. [1] [2] The role is recognized as the first Black lead character on a U.S. daytime soap opera.
Mar 31, 2015 · In 1968, daytime’s first black heroine was Carla Benari on One Life To Live, the ABC soap created by Agnes Nixon, who was a friend of Phillips. Played by actress Ellen Holly, Carla was actually ...
Mar 18, 2022 · That Was Then, This Is Now: Feast Your Eyes on Photos of Your One Life to Live Favorites Back in the Day… and Today. Charlie Mason. Friday, March 18th, 2022. Credit: ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection (3), George De Sota/JPI, Colin Knight/JPI. If we’re not mistaken, it’s been a few years. And yet, you wouldn’t know it to look at the ...
- Charlie Mason
Dec 7, 2023 · Ellen Holly in a 1973 episode of the soap opera “One Life to Live” in which her character, Carla Gray, married Ed Hall, played by Al Freeman Jr. ... career as a light-skinned Black woman ...
Dec 7, 2023 · December 7, 2023 3:21pm. Ellen Holly with Al Freeman Jr. on 'One Life to Live' ABC / Everett Collection. Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the ...
