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Holly Palance (born August 5, 1950, Los Angeles) is an American actress. She is 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.
Holly Palance played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in his screen test for his role of Superman (1978). The tests included scenes from the balcony interview in Superman (1978) and the Niagara Falls hotel room scene from Superman 2 (1980), where Reeve played Clark Kent.
Holly is notable for her role as the ill destined young nanny, in The Omen (1976), alongside Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
Holly Palance co-hosted the television version of Ripley's Believe It or Not! with her father from 1983-85.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role
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| 1973 | Golf Etiquettes | A Golfer
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| 1975 | The Next Voice You See | Susie Kay
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| 1976 | The Omen | Young Nanny
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| 1976 | Dickens of London |
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| 1977 | The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Air Hostess
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| 1978 | The Comeback | Gail Cooper
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| 1982 | Tuxedo Warrior | Sally
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| 1982 | Bret Maverick | Jessica 'Dolly' D'Nard
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| 1983 | "The Thorn Birds" | Miss Carmichael
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| 1983 | Under Fire | Journalist
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| 1986 | The Best of Times | Elly Dundee
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| 1989 | Cast the First Stone | Ellen Armstrong
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