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'P.J. Soles' (born July 17, 1950) is an American film and television actress.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Pop culture references

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Soles was born 'Pamela Jayne Hardon' in Frankfurt, Germany to an American mother from New Jersey and a Dutch father.^[1] At the time, her father was working for an international insurance company, and the family moved all over the world. Soles lived in Casablanca, Morocco, and Maracaibo, Venezuela, where she learned to speak fluent Spanish, and then Brussels, Belgium, where she went to high school at the International School of Brussels. When she was at Briarcliff College, she wanted to become the first woman ambassador to the Soviet Union. This career goal changed when she visited the Actors Studio in New York City.

Career

Soles moved to Manhattan and began acting in commercials and modeling for fashion magazines. She was among the hundreds of actors auditioning for Brian De Palma and George Lucas in their joint casting session for ''Carrie'' (1976) and ''Star Wars'' (1977). After ''Carrie'', she went to Georgia to film ''Our Winning Season'' (1978) and met actor Dennis Quaid. They were married in 1978 in Texas on a dude ranch.
Probably her highest profile role would come later that year when she played one of the supporting roles in ''Halloween'' (1978), as the final victim of the Michael Myers character in the classic horror film. John Carpenter, wanted her for his film ''Halloween'' after seeing ''Carrie''. He wrote the part of Lynda especially for her because of the way she said the word "totally". Soles starred in ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' (1979) with The Ramones. She was injured during filming. She has a singing credit for a second version of the title song on the movie's soundtrack. Next she filmed ''Private Benjamin'' (1980) and then ''Stripes'' (1981).

Personal life

She was married to J. Steven Soles during her years in New York, but then made the move to Los Angeles to work in TV and movies. At this time, she and Soles got divorced, but she decided to keep her name as P.J. Soles. Soles married Skip Holm, who was the stunt pilot on ''The Right Stuff'' (1983). They have a son named Skye (born in 1983) and a daughter named Ashley (born in 1988). She and Skip were divorced in 1998.

Filmography

★ ''The Kentucky Fried Horror Show'' (2008) (pre-production) - Esther

★ ''No Place Like Home'' (2006/I) - P.J.

★ ''The Tooth Fairy'' (2006) (V) - Mrs. MacDonald

★ ''Dead Calling'' (2006) - Valerie Redmond

★ ''Death by Engagement'' (2005) - Mrs. Starkington

★ ''Murder on the Yellow Brick Road'' (2005) - Hannah Gruber

★ ''The Devil's Rejects'' (2005) - Susan

★ ''Pee Stains and Other Disasters'' (2005) - Jenny

★ ''Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy'' (2005) -

★ ''Kept'' (2001) - Celia

★ ''Blast'' (2000) - Deputy

★ ''Mirror, Mirror IV: Reflection'' (2000) - Annika's Mom

★ ''Jawbreaker'' (1999) - Mrs. Purr

★ ''Uncle Sam'' (1997) - Madge Cronin

★ ''Little Bigfoot'' (1997) - Carolyn

★ ''Out There'' (1995) (TV) - Religious Nut

★ ''The Power Within'' (1995) - Mrs. Applegate

★ ''Shake, Rattle and Rock!'' (1994) (TV) - Evelyn Randall

★ ''Soldier's Fortune'' (1992) - Debra

★ ''Alienator'' (1989) - Tara

★ ''B.O.R.N.'' (1988) - Liz

★ ''Saigon Commandos'' (1987) - Jean Lassiter

★ ''Knight Rider'' (1986) (TV series) - Ellen Whitby

★ ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' (1985) (TV series) - Ellen Styner

★ ''Sweet Dreams'' (1985) - Wanda

★ ''Simon & Simon'' (1983-1984) (TV series) - 'Crazy Susan' Sackwell

★ ''Airwolf'' (1984) (TV series) - Ellie

★ ''Cheers'' (1984) (TV series) - Julie

★ ''Listen to the City'' (1984) - Sophia

★ ''Innocent Prey'' (1984) - Cathy Wills

★ ''The Other Woman'' (1983) (TV) - Mary Louise

★ ''Sawyer and Finn'' (1983) (TV) - Becky Thatcher

★ ''The Awakening of Cassie'' (1982) - Cassie

★ ''Stripes'' (1981) - Stella Hansen

★ ''Private Benjamin'' (1980) - Pvt. Wanda Winter

★ ''Soggy Bottom, USA'' (1980) - Sharlene

★ ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' (1979) - Riff Randell

★ ''Breaking Away'' (1979) (as Pamela Jayne Soles) - Suzy

★ ''Old Boyfriends'' (1979) - Sandy

★ ''Halloween'' (1978) - Lynda van der Klok

★ ''Zuma Beach'' (1978) (TV) - Nancy

★ ''Our Winning Season'' (1978) - Cindy Hawkins

★ '' (1977) (TV) -

★ ''The Possessed'' (1977) (TV) - Marty

★ ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'' (1976) (TV) - Deborah

★ ''Carrie'' (1976) - Norma Watson

★ ''The Blue Knight'' (1976) (TV series) - Minnesota

★ ''Sport'' (1976) -

★ ''Blood Bath'' (1976) -

★ ''Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' (1967) (TV series) - Unknown

Pop culture references

★ Local H's 2004 album is titled Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?. Includes the song "P.J. Soles".

References

1. http://einsiders.com/features/interviews/pjsoles.php

External links

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★ Hollywood.com- P.J. Soles

★ Interview with Entertainment Insiders