Holly Palance

Not to be confused with Holly Valance.

Holly Palance
Born	(1950-08-05) August 5, 1950 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1973—1989
Spouse	Roger Spottiswoode (1983-1997) (divorced) 2 children
Children	Lilly & Spencer

Holly Palance (born August 5, 1950) is an American actress.

Palance was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of the 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 for one season, replacing Jack's former co-host, Catherine Shirriff; Holly would later be replaced as co-host by singer Marie Osmond.

TV and filmography

Year	Title	Role
1973	Golf Etiquette	A Golfer
1975	Thriller (Episode: The Next Voice You See)	Susie Kay
1976	The Omen	Young Nanny
	Dickens of London	Miss Baldwin
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 IMDb