Holly Palance is perhaps best known for her role as the nanny of Damien Thorn in Richard Donner's The Omen.
19 Facts About Holly Palance
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Holly Palance had a leading role opposite Robin Williams and Kurt Russell in the comedy The Best of Times before retiring from acting.
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Holly Palance later shifted to a career in journalism, serving as the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Timess lifestyle magazine.
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Holly Kathleen Palance was born on August 5,1950 in Los Angeles, California.
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Holly Palance is the daughter of actor Jack Palance and his wife Virginia Baker.
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Holly Palance was the first of three children born to the couple.
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Holly Palance spent her early life in Los Angeles before relocating with her father to Europe in 1957, where she lived in several European countries over the next seven years, including Switzerland, Italy, and Germany.
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At age 19, Holly Palance enrolled in a three-year acting program in London.
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Holly Palance continued to work primarily in England for the remainder of the decade.
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Holly Palance played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in his screen test for the title role in Superman.
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Holly Palance is notable for her role as an ill-destined young nanny in The Omen, alongside Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
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In 1979, after spending eight years working in England, Holly Palance returned to her native United States.
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In November 1979, Holly Palance made her Broadway debut in the role of Allison St James in Bernard Slade's Romantic Comedy, opposite Mia Farrow, Anthony Perkins, and Carole Cook.
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Holly Palance had a leading role opposite Robin Williams and Kurt Russell in the comedy The Best of Times, her final theatrical film.
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Holly Palance appeared in the 1989 television film Cast the First Stone before formally retiring from acting.
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Holly Palance worked as a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan and other magazines.
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Holly Palance then became editor-in-chief of Santa Barbara Magazine and, from 2004, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times' Distinction Magazine.
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Holly Palance taught global studies at the University of California.
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Holly Palance married Tomorrow Never Dies director Roger Spottiswoode on April 9,1983; they had two children and divorced in 1997.