Holly Palance (born August 5, 1950) is an American actress.
Palance was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of the veteran actor Jack Palance and his wife Virginia Baker. Holly was the first of three children born to the couple, followed by Brooke Palance in 1952 and Cody Palance in 1955. She married Tomorrow Never Dies director Roger Spottiswoode; they divorced in 1997.
Palance played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in his screen test for the title role in Superman (1978). The tests included scenes from the balcony interview in Superman and the Niagara Falls hotel room scene from Superman 2 (1980), where Reeve played Clark Kent; this footage was released to the public as an extra feature on a special edition DVD release of the film in the early 2000s. Palance is notable for her role as an ill-destined young nanny in The Omen (1976), alongside Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
Palance co-hosted the television version of Ripley's Believe It or Not! with her father from 1983–85.
Filmography
Year
Title
Role
1973
Golf Etiquettes
A Golfer
1975
The Next Voice You See
Susie Kay
1976
The Omen
Young Nanny
Dickens of London
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Air Hostess
1978
The Comeback
Gail Cooper
1982
Tuxedo Warrior
Sally
Bret Maverick
Jessica 'Dolly' D'Nard
1983
"The Thorn Birds"
Miss Carmichael
Under Fire
Journalist
1986
The Best of Times
Elly Dundee
1989
Cast the First Stone
Ellen Armstrong
External links
Holly Palance at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1950 births | American film actors | American television personalities | Living people | People from Los Angeles, California
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