Ellen Holly, the first black actress to catapult to stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly, who played the role of Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live from 1968-86, died peacefully in her sleep at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, publicist Cheryl L. Duncan said. But she accomplished a
Ellen Holly, the first black actress to catapult to stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died.