Person
Holly Palance
Acting · Born 1950-08-05 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Holly Kathleen Palance (born August 5, 1950) is an American former actress and journalist. She is perhaps best known for her role as the nanny of Damien Thorn in Richard Donner's The Omen (1976). Palance also appeared in Pete Walker's horror film The Comeback (1978). Beginning in 1984, she also co-hosted the series Ripley's Believe it or Not! with her father, Jack Palance. Palance also had a leading role opposite Robin Williams and Kurt Russell in the comedy The Best of Times (1986) before retiring from acting. She later shifted to a career in journalism, serving as the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times's lifestyle magazine. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Thriller
Susie Kay
The Thorn Birds
Miss Carmichael
The Omen
Young Nanny
Dickens of London
Miss Baldwin
Plays for Britain
Mrs. Ede
Under Fire
Journalist
Spy!
Cynthia
The Comeback
Gail
The Best of Times
Elly Dundee
Filmography
- 2019Rock Bottom
- 1989Cast the First StoneEllen Armstrong
- 1986The Best of TimesElly Dundee
- 1983Under FireJournalist
- 1983The Thorn BirdsMiss Carmichael
- 1982Ripley's Believe It or Not!Host
- 1982Tuxedo WarriorSally
- 1980Spy!Cynthia
- 1978The ComebackGail
- 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItAir Hostess
- 1976Dickens of LondonMiss Baldwin
- 1976The OmenYoung Nanny
- 1976ShuttlecockMrs. Ede
- 1976Plays for BritainMrs. Ede
- 1975The Next Voice You SeeSusie Kay
- 1973ThrillerSusie Kay
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
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