Who is Holly Hallstrom?

Holly Anne Hallstrom was born in San Antonio, Texas USA, on 25 August 1952 – her zodiac sign is Virgo and she holds American nationality. She is a former model, retired actress and a TV personality, who is still perhaps best known for having served as a model in the game show “The Price Is Right” from 1977 to 1995.

What is she doing today or has she died?

There are rumors circulating the internet about how Holly died sometime in the early 2000s, as she hasn’t been appearing on TV or in the media, however, it is known that she decided to retire from appearing in TV shows in the late ‘90s, but came back on several occasions when invited as a guest in talk shows.

Today, Holly is renting-out several houses that she owns, and is leading a peaceful life in San Antonio.

Early life and education

Holly was raised alongside her younger sister in San Antonio, by the girls’ father who was a car mechanic, and their mother who was a housewife.

Holly grew up being focused on her studies, and when she enrolled at a local high school, she and her peers started reading girly magazines and watching models on TV – this is when Holly began dreaming about becoming a famous model one day, but still focused on her studies, and after matriculating in 1970, she enrolled at a college.

While still attending college, she visited Los Angeles in California, and there began working as a model which led her to quit college and focus on her career.

Career as an actress and a TV personality

Holly’s first appearance in a TV show was what made her famous – “The Price Is Right” starred Bob Barker, Janice Pennington and Dian Parkinson, and followed multiple contestants competing to win cash, cars and vacations. All the games in the show were related to the consumer goods pricing, and was a huge hit, winning 48 awards and being nominated for 122 others.

In 1980, Holly appeared as a panelist in two episodes of the comedy family game show “Match Game PM”, and in 1984 featured in the TV special “TV’s Funniest Game Show Moments”.

She made her debut TV series appearance in 1989, when she was cast to portray Newlywed Woman in the episode “The Nutt Cracker Suite” of the comedy “The Nutt House”, and in 1993 Holly made an uncredited appearance as the Spin the Wheel Girl in the action comedy crime movie “Loaded Weapon 1”. In the same year, she guest starred in a single episode of the game show “Family Feud”., and the following year made her second movie appearance when she played The Female Office

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r in the short science fiction adventure comedy “Galaxy Beat”. Two years later, Holly played The Toothpaste Spokesperson in the adventure science fiction thriller movie “The Tomorrow Man”.

She featured in the TV special “The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special” in 1996, and in 2002 guest starred in a single episode of the documentary series “E! True Hollywood Story”. Her final two appearances on TV were captured in 2005, when she guest starred in an episode of the mini-series “Game Show Moments Gone Bananas”, and an episode of the talk show “The View”.

Filling a lawsuit

Holly was let go from “The Price Is Right” in 1995 by the show’s host Bob Barker, and subsequently claimed that she was dismissed because she gained 14lbs (6.4kgs), also that she was let go because she wouldn’t support Bob when he was sued for sexual harassment by Dian Parkinson, a former American model.

Bob counter-sued Holly, but dropped the suit two days before the trial began, and had to pay Holly’s legal fees – this motivated Holly to sue Bob, and the legal fight went on for years before it was settled in October 2005. During the years she fought Bob in court, Holly used all her savings, sold her house to pay for her lawyer, and lived in a car for a year. She eventually received several million dollars as settlement, and could’ve received more if she had accepted to not talk about Bob in the media ever again – she launched a foundation which has since been helping people who have been mistreated at their workplace.

After the models Kathleen Bradley and Janice Pennington, production assistants Sherrill Paris and Linda Riegert, and the director Paul Alter all testified against Bob, they were fired from the show – every one of them sued Bob, accepting out-of-court financial settlements, while Paul was eventually invited to come back to the show which he accepted in 2000.

Love life and relationships

Holly has kept details of her love life hidden from the media’s attention since she launched her modelling career, and there are rumors circulating the internet that she dated several men during those years she was shooting for “The Price Is Right”. Many of her fans claimed that they saw her walking hand in hand with several men in a period of three months, but Holly has never agreed to comment on her love life – it is also believed by some that she is a lesbian, while two of her fans have even claimed to have seen her kissing her female friend at a Los Angeles club.

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As of September 2020, Holly is single, she hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.

Hobbies and other interests

Holly has ventured into the real estate industry, and is the owner of several houses around San Antonio, most of which she leases, while she is today living in one of these.

She apparently spent her entire life being on a strict diet, eating mostly vegetables and fruits, and it wasn’t until she was done with modelling that she became interested in tasting various cuisines and travelling around the world – she has been to many European countries with her favorite being France, especially its capital city Paris, and she has also travelled to Asia on multiple occasions visiting China and Japan.

She is a lover of animals, and has had many pet dogs and cats.

Holly likes to watch movies late at night, and her favorite actors and actresses are Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, and some of her favorite movies are “Titanic”, “Catch Me If You Can” and “Good Will Hunting”.

Net worth

Holly’s age is 68. She has long brown hair and blue eyes, her height is 5ft 11ins (1.8m) and she weighs around 155lbs (70kgs).

As of September 2020, her net worth has been estimated at over $10 million.

Who is Randy Quaid?

American actor Randy Randall Rudy Quaid was born in Houston, Texas USA, on 1 October 1950, making Libra his zodiac sign. He’s appeared in nearly 120 TV series and movies, probably still best known for playing Russell Casse in the 1996 action science fiction adventure movie “Independence Day”, which Roland Emmerich wrote and directed, and which starred Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Will Smith. It follows the united humans as they’re standing against alien invaders, and the movie won 36 of its 71 award nominations, including an Oscar Award for Best Effects, Visual Effects.

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Education and early life

Randy and his younger brother Dennis Quad, who’s today also a famous actor, were raised in Bellaire, Texas by their father William Rudy Quaid who was an electrician, and passed away on 8 February 1987, and mother Juanita Bonniedale ‘Nita’ (nee Jordan) who was a real estate agent.

Randy was persuaded by a friend to take an acting class while attending high school, and didn’t expect that he would fall in love with it, but after only three lessons, he chose to pursue a career in the film industry. Randy matriculated in 1969 and then enrolled at the University of Houston; his drama professor helped him meet American-Serbian screenwriter, director and actor Peter Bogdanovich, who then cast Randy in his first movie: the 1971 romantic drama “The Last Picture Show”, which won 21 of its 43 award nominations, including two Oscar wins for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cloris Leachman) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ben Johnson).

Randy graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1973, and then focused on acting.

Roles in TV series

Randy’s mostly appeared in movies, and hasn’t had many roles in TV series.

His debut TV series role was playing John in the 1972 episode “Lindemann’s Catch” of the fantasy horror “Night Gallery”, and from 1985 through 1991 (his following role), he played various characters in 18 episodes of the critically acclaimed comedy “Saturday Night Live”, which has been airing since 1975, and has won 297 of its 852 award nominations.

In 1991 and 1992, he starred as Dwight Davis in the popular comedy “Davis Rules”, created by Danny Jacobson and Norma Safford Vela, and which also starred Luke Edwards and Tamayo Otsuki. It follows the life of widower and elementary school principal Dwight Davis, and the series won four of its seven award nominations. The remainder of the ‘90s saw Randy appear in an episode or two of several series, such as the crime thriller “Murder in the Heartland”, the adventure “Tales of the Wild”, and the western “Streets of Laredo”.

In 2003, Randy played Chief Hank Shaw in the drama “The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire”, starring alongside John Carroll Lynch and Mare Winningham; it follows the members of the Shaw family, and the series was nominated for only a single award.

He’s since appeared in only three TV series, all in 2005: five episodes of the action mystery mini-series “5ive Days to Midnight”, two episodes of the biographical musical drama “Elvis”, and two episodes of the action adventure “Category 7: The End of the World”.

Roles in movies

Randy played Herbie in the 1972 comedy “Getting Away from It All”, and some of his following roles were in the 1973 crime action “Lolly-Madonna XXX”, the 1974 drama “The Great Niagara”, and the 1977 crime comedy “The Choirboys”.

In 1984, he portrayed Harold ‘Mitch’ Mitchell in the popular drama “A Streetcar Named Desire”, directed by John Erman, and which starred Ann-Margret, Treat Williams and Beverly D’Angelo. It follows Blanche Dubois who’s come to visit her sister in New Orleans, and has learned that she’s facing issues in life; the movie won 10 of its 19 award nominations. Some of Randy’s other notable performances in the ‘80s were in the ‘86 romantic action horror “The Wraith”, the ‘87 crime thriller “No Man’s Land” and the ‘88 sports drama “Dead Solid Perfect”.

The year 1995 saw him play the main character Vic Damico in the romantic comedy “Bye Bye Love”, directed by Sam Weisman, and which also starred Matthew Modine and Paul Reiser. It follows the lives of three divorced men, and the film was nominated for two awards. Some of Randy’s following roles were in the 1997 comedy “Vegas Vacation”, the 1999 comedy “The Debtors”, and the 2000 musical “Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits”.

In 2003, Randy played the main character Charlie in the horror thriller “Black Cadillac”, written and directed by John Murlowski, and which also starred Shane Johnson and Josh Hammond. It follows three men in a car as they’re being chased by a mysterious man.

His final three roles, prior to disappearing from the film industry, were in the 2006 biographical historical drama “Goya’s Ghosts”, the 2008 comedy “Real Time”, and the 2009 sports comedy “Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach”; he returned for a single role in 2018, when he played Gordon in the comedy “All You Can Eat”.

Other roles

Randy received special thanks for the 1996 romantic comedy thriller “Mojave Moon”.

He produced the 1999 comedy movie “The Debtors”, and wrote and produced the 2011 documentary film “Star Whackers”.

Some of his recent talk-show appearances have been in “Access Hollywood”, “Good Morning America” and “Hollywood Insider”.

Awards and nominations

Randy’s won eight of his 26 award nominations, including a 1974 Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his performance in “The Last Detail”.

Some of his wins include a 1998 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, for “LBJ: The Early Years”, a 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for “Parents”, and a 2005 Satellite Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series, for “Elvis”.

Legal Issues

Randy’s been arrested on a number of occasions, often together with his wife Evi Motolanez.

He and Evi were arrested for defrauding an innkeeper in 2009, after they used an invalid credit card to pay a bill; the case against Randy was dismissed, but Evi was ordered to do 240 hours of community service, and was put on probation for three years.

The two were charged with burglary in September 2010, after they spent five days at their former home in Santa Barbara – Randy and Evi claimed that they hadn’t sold the house, and that their signatures were forged. They failed to appear at court, and were thus arrested at the Canadian-American border on their US warrants in October of the same year.

Randy was arrested in 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for not having done the non-resident check-in.

#RandyQuaid now facing deportation in Canada after fleeing the U.S. with his wife in 2010. http://t.co/HN4yCOMPyk pic.twitter.com/gMCbIUYpri

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Love life and wife

Randy’s married twice. His first wife was American former model Ella Marie Jolly; the two exchanged vows on 11 May 1980, and their daughter Amanda Marie was born on 29 May 1983. Randy and Ella split on 9 September 1986, and their divorce was finalized three years later.

He and American actress Evi Motolanez met on the set of the comedy movie “Bloodhounds of Broadway” in December 1987, and married on 5 October 1989; they’ve been together ever since.

Randy’s yet to speak about other women whom he’s maybe been with, he’s married to his second wife Evi Motolanez as of April 2023, and has a daughter with his former wife Ella Marie Jolly.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Randy supported Donald Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential election, and believes that the 2020 election was a fraud; Trump used Twitter to thank Randy for supporting him.

He’s highly active on Twitter, and has tweeted close to 5,000 times since the launch of his account in January 2015; more than 800,000 people are following Randy on the network today, and many of his tweets are related to politics.

Randy and his second wife Evi actually married thrice: the first time in Monticeto, California, the second in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the third in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He and Evi both sought asylum in Canada; Evi became a Canadian citizen in 2011, while Randy’s request was denied in January 2013.

His favorite actor’s Johnny Depp, while some of Randy’s favorite movies include “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Sleepy Hollow”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Randy’s age is 72. He has brown eyes and hair, is 6ft 5ins (1.96m) tall and weighs around 240lbs (110kgs).

Randy’s net worth’s been estimated at less than $1 million as of April 2023.

Who is Mr. T?

Famous American actor, professional boxer and former bodyguard Mr. T, was born Laurence Tureaud in Chicago, Illinois USA, on 21 May 1952, making Gemini his zodiac sign. He’s appeared in 53 movies and TV series, and is probably still known best for playing Clubber Lang in the critically acclaimed 1982 sports movie “Rocky III”, which Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed and starred in. The film also starred Talia Shire and Burt Young, follows the life of professional boxer Rocky, and won three of its 12 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Music, Original Song.

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Education and early life

Mr. T was raised alongside his 11 older siblings (seven brothers and four sisters) in Chicago, by their father Nathaniel Tureaud who was a minister, and mother whose name remains undisclosed, but who was a housewife. Mr. T was five when Nathaniel abandoned the family, and he thus changed his name to Lawrence Teo in the same year; aged 18, he changed his name to Mr. T.

He was mostly into playing football, practicing martial arts and wrestling while attending Dunbar Vocational High School; he was his city’s wrestling champion two years in a row. Mr. T matriculated in 1970, and then enrolled at Prairie View A&M University on a football scholarship; he was focused on studying math, but was expelled after only a year.

Before acting

Mr. T began working as a gym instructor when he was 19, and in 1975 joined the US Army’s Military Police Corps; after he was discharged in 1978, he attempted to join the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) prior to becoming a nightclub bouncer. He’s revealed that he was involved in more than 200 fights while working as a bouncer, was sued numerous times, but won every case.

Mr. T then became a well-known bodyguard, working for wealthy people such as judges, businessmen and politicians; some of these included American singer and actress Diana Ross, the late professional boxer Muhammad Ali, and American actor and moviemaker Levardis Robert Martyn ‘LeVar’ Burton Jr.

He was also often offered to kill people, collect debts, find missing people and track runaway teenagers.

Mr. T’s since appeared in more than 100 commercials, for companies such as Forbes, Blizzard and Snickers.

Roles in movies

Mr. T’s acting career was launched when he was spotted by famous American actor and moviemaker Sylvester Stallone, while competing in the show “America’s Toughest Bouncer”; this was how he was cast to play Clubber Lang in the above mentioned movie “Rocky III”.

Some of Mr. T’s following roles were in the 1983 action comedy “D. C. Cab”, and in 1984 the comedy “The Toughest Man in the World” and the family drama “A Christmas Dream”. In 1987, he voiced Jabberwock in the animated family adventure “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, directed by Andrea Bresciani and Richard Slapczynski, and which starred Janet Waldo, Townsend Coleman and Phyllis Diller; it follows Alice who’s fallen through a mirror, and has found herself in Chessland. Mr. T could then have been seen appearing in the 1990 crime drama “Straight Line”, the 1992 sports video “Best of WrestleMania”, and the 1993 science fiction comedy “Freaked”.

His following notable performance was playing The Wise Janitor in the 2001 comedy “Not Another Teen Movie”, directed by Joel Gallen, and which starred Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly and Chris Evans. It’s a parody of various teenage movies, and the film was nominated for five awards.

Mr. T voiced Earl Devereaux in the critically acclaimed 2009 animated adventure comedy “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, which won one of its 15 award nominations; this remains his most recent film role.

Roles in TV series

Mr. T’s debut TV series appearance was in a 1982 episode of the comedy “Saturday Night Live”, and he was then cast to play and voice characters in an episode of various series, such as the family comedy “Silver Spoons”, the animated adventure comedy “Alvin & the Chipmunks”, and the family comedy “Diff’rent Strokes”.

From 1983 through 1985, Mr. T starred in his own animated action “Mister T”, created by Martin Pasko and Steve Gerber, and which also starred Cathy Cavadini and Peter Cullen; it follows Mr. T and his gymnastics team as they’re fighting crime together, and the series was nominated for a 1986 Young Artist Award for Best Family Animation Series or Special.

He became famous for playing the lead character B. A. Baracus in the evergreen action crime adventure “The A-Team”, which also starred George Peppard and Dwight Schultz, and aired from 1983 through 1987. The series follows the lives of four Vietnam veterans who’ve been framed with a crime, and won three of its 11 award nominations.

Wow! You did it Ladies, Congratulations! @AprilRossBeach and @alixklineman , you Deserve the Gold! You Brought your “A” Game to the A-team! USA All the Way, you made Us Proud! @NBCOlympics @TeamUSA @usavolleyball @USAVBeach #gold #theAteam

— Mr. T (@MrT) August 6, 2021

From 1988 through 1990, Mr. T starred as T. S. Turner in the crime drama “T and T”, created by Michael Hirsch and Elia Katz, and which also starred David Nerman and Alexandra Amini; it follows the life of private detective and former boxer T. S. Turner, and the series was nominated for two awards. Mr. T had only a couple of roles in the ‘90s, playing or voicing characters in an episode or two of the family comedy “Blossom”, the animated adventure comedy “Eek! The Cat” (voice role) and the animated family comedy “Sabrina: The Animated Series” (voice role).

From 2001 through 2003, he voiced Bongo in the English version of the animated family drama “Pecola”, and the remainder of the decade heard him voice characters in an episode of the animated family comedies “House of Mouse”, “The Simpsons” and “Johnny Bravo”.

Mr. T’s most recent TV series role has been playing a supporting character in the 2014 episode “Gary’s Big Break?” of the comedy “The Comeback Kids”; even though inactive in the film industry for nearly 10 years now, Mr. T hasn’t officially retired.

Other credits

Mr. T voiced himself in the 2003 video game “Celebrity Deathmatch”.

He received special thanks for the 2008 action comedy thriller movie “War, Inc.”

Mr. T’s made a guest appearance in numerous talk-shows, most recently in “WGN Morning News”, “Hollywood Insider” and “Biography: WWE Legends”.

Awards and nominations

Mr. T won a 1984 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program.

He’s been nominated for two other awards: a 1983 Razzie Award for Worst New Star for his performance in “Rocky III”, and a 2008 TV Land Award for Character You REALLY Don’t Want to Make Angry, for “The A-Team”.

Wrestling career

Mr. T became a professional wrestler in 1985, when he signed with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was teamed up with famous American retired professional wrestler Terry Gene Bollea – aka Hulk Hogan.

He competed in World Class Championship Wrestling on 21 July 1989, but only returned to wrestling in 1994, when he defeated Kevin Sullivan.

Love life and relationships

Mr. T prefers to keep the details of his love life to himself, but it’s known that he and non-celebrity American Phyllis Clark exchanged vows in 1971, in front of their closest friends; Phyllis gave birth to their first daughter Lesa in the same year, and their second daughter Erica Clark followed in 1979. Erica’s a reality TV personality, and has made a guest appearance in talk-shows “Hart of the City” and “Jay Davis Presents: Creative Hustle”.

The date of Mr. T and Phyllis’ divorce remains undisclosed; he has a son Lawrence ‘TJ’ Junior who was a born in 1986, but it remains unknown whether or not TJ is Phyllis’ son.

Mr. T hasn’t mentioned other women whom he’s dated, he seems to be unattached as of April 2023, was once married to Phyllis Clark, and has three children.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Mr. T cut over a hundred oak trees on his property in Lake Forest, Illinois in 1987, and the event was described as ‘The Lake Forest Chain Saw Massacre’ by a local newspaper.

He was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma in 1995, and has written about his fight against cancer in his yet-to-be-published book “Cancer Saved My Life (Cancer Ain’t For No Wimps)”.

Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mr. T stopped wearing all of his gold, stating that it would be disrespectful to people who had lost everything in the hurricane.

He’s uploaded 60 pictures and videos onto his Instagram account, and close to 50,000 people are following him on the social media network.

Mr. T’s a huge fan of the late actor Leslie Nielsen, and some of his favorite movies include “Airplane!”, “The Naked Truth” and “Wrongfully Accused”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Mr. T’s age is 71. His eyes are brown, he has a black mohawk haircut, he’s 5ft 10ins (1.79m) tall and weighs around 185lbs (84kgs).

Mr. T’s net worth’s been estimated at over $2 million, as of April 2023.