Hope Holiday (born Hope Jane Zee; November , ) is an American actress,
perhaps best known for her role of Mrs. Margie MacDougall, Jack
Lemmon's partner in self-pity on Christmas Eve night, in the Billy
Wilder film The Apartment ().Holiday was born in Brooklyn, New York,
and was raised in Manhattan. Her father, a burlesque entertainer who
was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, changed his name from Allen
Zaslawsky to Allen Zee before his daughters were born. She attended
Public School in Jamaica, Queens, and then went to Forest Hills High
School.Hoping to become a star, she dropped out of high school and
sang at the Copacabana nightclub. Her father was also described by Ed
Sullivan as a "Capitol Theater exec." Her mother, Doris, worked in the
production department at radio station WHN in New York City. Her
father at one time was night manager of WHN. She has an older sister,
Judy, whose stage name was Judy Sinclair.A column in the June , ,
issue of the Brooklyn Eagle noted Zee's change of names: "At the Guy
Lombardo extravaganza, 'Arabian Night,' the lassie that almost walked
away with the show was Hope Holiday. Hope, before this show, used the
name of Hope Zee ..." She later recalled:
perhaps best known for her role of Mrs. Margie MacDougall, Jack
Lemmon's partner in self-pity on Christmas Eve night, in the Billy
Wilder film The Apartment ().Holiday was born in Brooklyn, New York,
and was raised in Manhattan. Her father, a burlesque entertainer who
was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, changed his name from Allen
Zaslawsky to Allen Zee before his daughters were born. She attended
Public School in Jamaica, Queens, and then went to Forest Hills High
School.Hoping to become a star, she dropped out of high school and
sang at the Copacabana nightclub. Her father was also described by Ed
Sullivan as a "Capitol Theater exec." Her mother, Doris, worked in the
production department at radio station WHN in New York City. Her
father at one time was night manager of WHN. She has an older sister,
Judy, whose stage name was Judy Sinclair.A column in the June , ,
issue of the Brooklyn Eagle noted Zee's change of names: "At the Guy
Lombardo extravaganza, 'Arabian Night,' the lassie that almost walked
away with the show was Hope Holiday. Hope, before this show, used the
name of Hope Zee ..." She later recalled:
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