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'Halloween' Star P.J. Soles: Where Is the 70s Scream Queen Now?


P.J. Soles became known as a '70s scream queen thanks to her roles in 'Carrie' and 'Halloween,' but she's done a lot since then. Here's a look at her long career.

Soles got her big break when she attended a joint casting session held by George Lucas and Brian De Palma for two of the biggest films of the decade: Star Wars and Carrie. Following Our Winning Season, Soles got her second role in a horror favorite when she was cast as Jamie Lee Curtis ’ ditzy Valley girl friend, Lynda Van Der Klok, in John Carpenter ‘s 1978 smash Halloween. As nostalgia for ’70s horror movies grew in the aughts, Soles appeared as her Rock ‘n’ Roll High School character in a 2003 music video for the Donnas song “ Too Bad About Your Girl ” and served as the inspiration for the 2004 album Whatever Happened to P.J.

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