Where Are They Now - Friday, October 27, 2017

Hello fans,

Actress P.J. Soles has appeared in some big films, many of them horror films, like Carrie, Stripes, Breaking Away, and most noteworthy - John Carpenter's Halloween. And with Halloween right around the corner, let's find out what's new in the world of P.J. Soles...

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Myrna Loy: She appeared in "The Best Years of Our Lives" and the "Thin Man" movies, among other roles

Wolfgang Petersen: German director, directed the excellent U-boat movie "Das Boot", other films include "The NeverEnding Story", "Air Force One", "In the Line of Fire", and "The Perfect Storm"

Carolyn Jones: She played Morticia on the TV series "The Addams Family"



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P.J. Soles
Learn More About P.J. Soles on Celebrity Nooz

Born: July 17, 1950, Frankfurt, Germany

Birth Name: Pamela Jayne Hardon

Nickname: "The Totally Girl" from Halloween

Claim To Fame: Soles is known for her roles as Lynda van der Klok in Halloween, Riff Randell in Rock 'n' Roll High School, Norma Watson in Carrie and Bill Murray's military girlfriend Stella in Stripes.

Family Life: Her first marriage was to J. Steven Soles from 1973 to 1975. She was then married to actor Dennis Quaid from 1978 to early 1983, and then to Skip Holm from 1983 to 1998. With Skip, she has a son named Skye (born in 1983) and a daughter named Ashley (born in 1988).

Info: Soles got her start acting in commercials and modeling for fashion magazines. She got her big break when she starred in 1976's hit film Carrie.

In 1978, she played one of the supporting roles in Halloween (1978), as the final victim of the Michael Myers character in the classic horror film. Director John Carpenter cast her in the role after seeing her in Carrie.

Soles starred in Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) with The Ramones and was injured during filming, and has a singing credit for a second version of the title song on the movie's soundtrack.

Trivia: 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.

Originally wanted to become the first woman ambassador to the Soviet Union.

In her death scene in Carrie (1976) she is knocked unconscious by a wild water hose; in actuality the hose tore her eardrum and she really IS unconscious for that scene.

Sang "Rock and Roll High School" with Ramones at one of their concerts.

Rock group Local H named their 2004 album, "Whatever Happened To PJ Soles?" after her. It includes a song about her cult celebrity status titled simply, "PJ Soles.".

Interviewed in the book "Invasion of the B-Girls" by Jewel Shepard.

Ranked #4 on Maxim's "Hottest Women of Horror Movies" list.

Where Is She Now: PJ is going to portray the Medical Examiner in the new horror film 13 Girls, which is currently in pre-production.

CREDITS:

2016 Grindsploitation...Dr. Ramone (segment "Arbor Day")

2012 The Butterfly Room...Lauren

2012 Eternal...Lucinda

2011 Framelines (TV series)...(Herself)
S1x05 (2011)

2010 Beg...Eva Fox

2008 Alone in the Dark II (video)...Martha

2008 Prank...Marianne

2008 Love in the Age of Fishsticks...God (voice)

2007 Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy

2006 Ray of Sunshine...Mother

2006/I No Place Like Home...P2006 Dead Calling...Valerie Redmond

2005 Death by Engagement...Mrs. Starkington

2005 Murder on the Yellow Brick Road...Hannah Gruber

2005 The Devil's Rejects...Susan

2005 Pee Stains and Other Disasters...Jenny

2003/II Silence (short)...Jan

2001 Kept...Celia

2000 Mirror, Mirror IV: Reflection...Annika's Mom

2000 Blast...Deputy

1999 Jawbreaker...Mrs. Purr

1997 Little Bigfoot...Carolyn

1996 Uncle Sam (video)...Madge Cronin

1995 Out There (TV movie)...Religious Nut

1995 The Power Within (video)...Mrs. Applegate

1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! (TV movie)...Evelyn Randall

1991 Soldier's Fortune...Debra

1990 Alienator...Tara

1988 Saigon Commandos...Jean Lassiter

1988 B.O.R.N...Liz

1986 Knight Rider (TV series)...Ellen Whitby
Out of the Woods (1986)

1985 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)...Ellen Styner
Something's Going on on This Train (1985)

1985 Sweet Dreams...Wanda

1983-1984 Simon & Simon (TV series)...'Crazy Susan' Sackwell / Martie Collins

1984 Airwolf (TV series)...Ellie
HX-1 (1984)

1984 Cheers (TV series)...Julie
Rebound: Part 2 (1984)

1984 Listen to the City...Sophia

1984 Innocent Prey...Cathy Wills

1983 The Other Woman (TV movie)...Mary Louise

1983 Sawyer and Finn (TV movie)...Becky Thatcher

1982 The Awakening of Cassie...Cassie

1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A....Sharlene

1981 Stripes...Stella

1980 Private Benjamin...Pvt. Wanda Winter

1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School...Riff Randell

1979 Breaking Away...Suzy (as Pamela Jayne Soles)

1979 Old Boyfriends...Sandy

1978 Halloween...Lynda van der Klok

1978 Zuma Beach (TV movie)...Nancy

1978 Our Winning Season...Cindy Hawkins

1977 Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (TV movie) (uncredited)

1977 The Possessed (TV movie)...Marty

1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (TV movie)...Deborah

1976 Carrie...Norma

1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)...Minnesota
Upward Mobility (1976)

1976 Blood Bath

1967 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)...Unknown (1973)

To see Then & Now pictures of PJ Soles, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Myrna Loy - DEAD (Surgical complications)
Born: 08/02/1905 Died: 12/14/1993

Wolfgang Petersen - ALIVE
Born: 03/14/1941

Carolyn Jones - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 04/28/1929 Died: 08/03/1983

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
10/25
Lu Guanqiu, 72, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire, Chairman and co-founder of Wanxiang.

10/24
M. K. Anwar, 84, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Agriculture (2001-2006).
Ebrahim Ashtiani, 75, Iranian footballer (Persepolis, national team), heart disease.
Sir Peter Bairsto, 91, British air marshal, Deputy Commander in Chief Strike Command (1981-1984).
Glenn Barr, 75, Northern Irish politician and advocate, member of Northern Ireland Assembly and Constitutional Convention.
Inga Borg, 92, Swedish writer (Plupp).
Willie Chan, 76, Hong Kong film producer and talent manager.
Girija Devi, 88, Indian thumri singer, cardiac arrest.
Fats Domino, 89, American pianist and singer-songwriter ("Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'").
Michael Patrick Driscoll, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Boise (1999-2014).
Fu Quanxiang, 94, Chinese actress.
Robert Guillaume, 89, American actor and singer (Benson, The Lion King, Sports Night), Emmy winner (1979, 1985), prostate cancer.
Sana Iqbal, 29, Indian cyclist and anti-suicide activist, traffic collision.
Patricia Llewellyn, 55, British television producer (The Naked Chef, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares), BAFTA (2001, 2005, 2008) and Emmy winner (2006), cancer.
Isabel Quintanilla, 79, Spanish visual artist.
Larry Ray, 63, American rock guitarist (Outrageous Cherry), lung cancer.
I. V. Sasi, 69, Indian film director (Devasuram).
Mahama Sawadogo, 63, Burkinabé politician, High Commissioner of Kadiogo Province (1984-1986) and member of the National Assembly (since 1992).

10/23
Alinghi, 16, Australian racehorse, foaling complications.
Corrado Böhm, 94, Italian pioneer in computer science.
Athanassios Kalogiannis, 52, Greek Olympic hurdler (1984, 1992) and fashion photographer, pulmonary edema.
Walter Lassally, 90, German-born British-Greek cinematographer (Zorba the Greek, Oedipus the King, Tom Jones), Oscar winner (1965).
Gordon Ogilvie, 83, New Zealand historian (Canterbury region) and biographer (Richard Pearse, Denis Glover).
Iona Opie, 96, British folklorist.
Surendra Pradhan, 52, Nepalese artist.
Paul J. Weitz, 85, American astronaut (Skylab 2, STS-6), myelodysplastic syndrome.

10/22
Jeffrey Claro, 20, Filipino super-flyweight boxer, brain hemorrhage after sparring session.
Piergiuseppe D'Andreamatteo, 73, Italian politician, Deputy (1992-1994).
Al Hurricane, 81, American singer and songwriter, complications from prostate cancer.
Baldo Marro, 69, Filipino actor and director.
Ram Mukherjee, 84, Indian film director (Hum Hindustani, Ek Bar Mooskura Do, Leader).
Fernand Picot, 87, French racing cyclist.
Scott Putesky, 49, American guitarist (Marilyn Manson), colon cancer.
Walter Babington Thomas, 98, New Zealand-born British army officer, GOC Far East Land Forces (1970-1971).
Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier, 80, French-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (1980-2011), hemorrhagic stroke.
Louis Viannet (fr), 84, French labor union leader, Secretary General of CGT (1992-1999).
Chuck Weber, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).
George Young, 70, Scottish-born Australian musician (The Easybeats), songwriter ("Friday On My Mind"), and producer (AC/DC).

10/21
Martin Eric Ain, 50, American-born Swiss bassist (Hellhammer, Celtic Frost) and entrepreneur, heart attack.
Rosaura Barahona, 75, Mexican journalist and feminist writer, pulmonary disease.
Kazimierz Chodakowski, 88, Polish ice hockey player (LKS Lódz).
Emilio D'Amore, 101, Italian politician, Deputy (1948-1958, 1963-1968).
Nol Hendriks, 80, Dutch businessman and football executive (Roda JC), brain hemorrhage.
Rosemary Leach, 81, English actress (A Room with a View, The Roads to Freedom, The Plague Dogs).
Lech Ordon, 88, Polish actor (Letters to Santa).
Juan de Dios Pueblos, 74, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kidapawan (1987-1995) and Butuan (since 1995).
Pat Shovelin, 41, Irish Gaelic football coach (Donegal), cancer.
Tom van Vollenhoven, 82, South African rugby union (national team) and rugby league player (St Helens).

10/20
Jeanne Brousse, 96, French resistance member.
Ugo Fangareggi, 79, Italian actor (L'armata Brancaleone), voice actor and comedian, Parkinson's disease.
Bill Kersten, 84, American professional wrestling announcer (Central States Wrestling).
Stan Kowalski, 91, American professional wrestler (AWA, NWA Tri-State, Stampede Wrestling).
Terry Laughlin, 66, American swimming coach, innovator of Total Immersion, complications from prostate cancer.
Federico Luppi, 81, Argentine-Spanish actor (Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, Pan's Labyrinth, Men with Guns).
Russell Mawby, 89, American businessman (W. K. Kellogg Foundation).
Judith McGrath, 70, Australian actress (Prisoner, A Country Practice, All Saints).
Justin Reed, 35, American basketball player (Ole Miss Rebels, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves), angiosarcoma.
Betty Bone Schiess, 94, American Episcopal priest.
Mustapha Tlili, 80, Tunisian novelist.
Thuravoor Viswambharan, 74, Indian Vedic scholar and writer.