Holly Palance was born on August 5, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA
as Holly Kathleen Palance.
Daughter of the actor Jack Palance and his wife Virginia Baker.
Holly was the first of three children born to the couple.
She married Tomorrow Never Dies director Roger Spottiswoode; on 9 April 1983 they
divorced in 1997 and had two children.
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.