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Trailblazing Black daytime soap opera star Micki Grant dies at 80
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Grant starred on NBC's Another World from 1965 to 1972, appearing in the first-ever daytime opera regular storyline written for a Black actress. Grant's role was originally written as a white character but was changed when Grant was hired as daytime’s first Black contract player. Grant later had roles in The Edge of Night, Guiding Light and All My Children.
TOPICS: Daytime TV, Another World, Micki Grant, African Americans and TV, Obits
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