Holly Anne Hallstrom was born on August 24,1952 and is an American former model.
16 Facts About Holly Hallstrom
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Holly Hallstrom appeared on the daytime game show The Price Is Right from 1977 to 1995 as one of the "Barker's Beauties" models.
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On January 3,1977, Hallstrom joined the cast of The Price Is Right as the third model after Anitra Ford left the program the previous fall.
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Holly Hallstrom appeared, along with Janice Pennington and Dian Parkinson, as one of the principal models on all versions of the show from 1977 through the early 1990s.
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Holly Hallstrom briefly left the program in 1983 to pursue an acting career but rejoined the cast in 1984.
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Holly Hallstrom claimed that Barker ordered her to appear on talk shows and solicit interviews to assert that Parkinson was lying, and that he pressured her to misrepresent her memory of certain events.
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Holly Hallstrom, who did not wish to become involved in Barker's dispute with Parkinson or perjure herself, claimed that she refused and was dismissed from the show.
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The court declared Holly Hallstrom the prevailing party and ordered Barker to pay Holly Hallstrom's legal fees.
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Barker, in a 2002 interview with Larry King, stated that Holly Hallstrom was fired in a business decision; by the time of Holly Hallstrom's dismissal, the show had four permanent models, and with Mark Goodson dying in 1992, his son Jonathan Goodson was looking to make the series more profitable as they prepared to sell.
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The settlement amount could have been more, but early settlement agreements all contained a non-disclosure agreement that banned Holly Hallstrom from saying anything disparaging about Barker to the media.
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However, Holly Hallstrom refused to agree to the mutuality clause of the settlement agreement, thereby retaining the right to speak freely against Barker in the media.
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Holly Hallstrom has started a foundation for people who have suffered wrongful or malicious workplace conditions and who do not have the resources to confront powerful individuals or companies.
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Holly Hallstrom has never married and has no children, which is why she believes that she was the one member of The Price Is Right who could fight what she called "miserable tyranny at the hands of a mad dictator".
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Holly Hallstrom has granted occasional interviews for shows such as The Today Show and The View.
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Holly Hallstrom appeared several times as a guest panelist on Match Game.
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Holly Hallstrom had a relationship with John Darby who had a role in The Young and The Restless.