Holly Kathleen Palance (born August , ) 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 (). Palance also appeared in
Pete Walker's horror film The Comeback (). Beginning in , 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 () 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.Holly
Kathleen Palance was born on August , in Los Angeles, California. She
is the daughter of the actor Jack Palance and his wife Virginia Baker.
Holly was the first of three children born to the couple. She is of
Ukrainian descent. Palance spent her early life in Los Angeles before
relocating with her father to Europe in , where she lived in several
European countries over the next seven years, including Switzerland,
Italy, and Germany.At age , Palance enrolled in a three-year acting
program in London. Before appearing onscreen, Palance performed in
theater in England beginning in , appearing in productions at the
Oxford Playhouse and in London's West End. She continued to work
primarily in England for the remainder of the decade.
and journalist. She is perhaps best known for her role as the nanny of
Damien Thorn in Richard Donner's The Omen (). Palance also appeared in
Pete Walker's horror film The Comeback (). Beginning in , 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 () 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.Holly
Kathleen Palance was born on August , in Los Angeles, California. She
is the daughter of the actor Jack Palance and his wife Virginia Baker.
Holly was the first of three children born to the couple. She is of
Ukrainian descent. Palance spent her early life in Los Angeles before
relocating with her father to Europe in , where she lived in several
European countries over the next seven years, including Switzerland,
Italy, and Germany.At age , Palance enrolled in a three-year acting
program in London. Before appearing onscreen, Palance performed in
theater in England beginning in , appearing in productions at the
Oxford Playhouse and in London's West End. She continued to work
primarily in England for the remainder of the decade.
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