Holly portrayed Carla Benari until 1980 and returned to the role from 1983 to 1985. Holly’s character was a white-passing woman who wasn’t revealed to be Black until the end of her first season.

Ellen Holly, a stage and screen actor who became the first Black star of a daytime television series with her role as Carla Gray in ABC’s soap opera “One Life to Live,” died Wednesday at ...

Holly portrayed Carla Benari until 1980 and returned to the role from 1983 to 1985. Holly’s character was a white-passing woman who wasn’t revealed to be Black until the end of her first season.

Holly portrayed Carla Benari until 1980 and returned to the role from 1983 to 1985. Holly’s character was a white-passing woman who wasn’t revealed to be Black until the end of her first season.