Soap Actress Ellen Holly Dies

[setsuna16]

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Ellen Holly, widely considered to be the first black soap opera star, passed away in her sleep on December 6th

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[screamingintune]

awww, RIP. I watched some One Life to Live as a kid but she was ahead of my time by a few years so I didn't know her. Soap opera actors work hard as hell. And Lawrence Fishburne! His 80s career was interesting, soaps and Pee-wee's Playhouse

highly recommend watching Ellen's entire television academy series

what's this referring to/what's its name? I did a quick google search and I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for, but if it's some kind of documentary looking at tv history, I'm very interested!

[setsuna16]

Yeah, Ellen's main stint happened before I was born!

Here's a link to her interviews on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEz1CZmkcY0&list=PLJP_M59vk2FpmvVPihytqRcP8oAekS74e