Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly was born on Jan 16, 1931 in USA. Ellen Holly's big-screen debut came with Take a Giant Step directed by Philip Leacock in 1959.

Ellen Holly is a retired Black American actress. She was best known for her part as Carla Benari Hall in "One Life to Live" which she played for more than 20 years but she she was more then a soap opera actress.On Broadway, she showed her versatile acting talent in the various roles she played in "A Hand Is on the Gate", "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright", "Face of a Hero", "Taming of the Shrew", "Henry V", "Too Late the Phalarope", "MacBeth", "Funnyhouse of a Negro", "Camino Real", "The Cherry Orchard", and others. She appeared in a handful of films, starting with "Take a Giant Step".Her autobiography was titled "One Life: An Autobiography of an African American Actress".