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MINI BIOGRAPHY

Pamela Jayne was born on July 17, 1950, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her father came from Holland and her mother from New Jersey. Because her father was working for an international insurance company, the family moved all over the world. They lived in Morocco, Venezuela, and Belgium, and visited many other countries as well. Due to her travels, P.J. is multilingual; she is fluent in Spanish.

When P.J. attended 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. She left Briarcliff College and started working in commercials and modeling. She was married to J. Steven Soles during her years in Manhattan, but then made the move to Los Angeles to work in TV and movies. At this time, she and J. Stephen Soles got divorced, but she decided to keep her name as P.J. Soles.

P.J. 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" (1976), 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. P.J. starred in "Halloween" (1978) and "Rock'n'Roll High School" (1979) with "The Ramones". Next she filmed "Private Benjamin" (1980) and then "Stripes" (1981). She and Dennis got divorced in 1983. P.J. continued doing numerous television film roles, and then she married Skip Holm, who was the stunt pilot on "The Right Stuff" (1983). They have a son named Sky (born in 1983) and a daughter named Ashely (1988). She and Skip were divorced in 1998.