This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. In 2018, Soles was cast in a spoken cameo role as a teacher in the direct sequel, Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green. In 2012, she starred alongside Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, Camille Keaton and Adrienne King in The Butterfly Room.
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In 2005, Soles played the victim, Susan, of a family on a murderous rampage in the Rob Zombie movie The Devil's Rejects. Soles appeared in The Donnas' music video for "Too Bad About Your Girl" (2003) as her character Riff Randell from Rock 'n' Roll High School. In 1999, Soles was cast in the black comedy film Jawbreaker. In 1985, Soles starred alongside Jessica Lange as Wanda in Karel Reisz's biographical film Sweet Dreams. In 1981, Soles filmed a new scene to be inserted into the television version of Halloween. The following year, she portrayed an MP who becomes Bill Murray's girlfriend, Stella Hansen, in the comedy film Stripes. In 1980, Soles portrayed Private Wanda Winter in the comedy film Private Benjamin. She reprised the role of Riff Randell in the artwork for the Local H album Whatever Happened to P.J. She has a singing credit for a second version of the title song on the movie's soundtrack. The following year, Soles was cast as Riff Randell in the musical comedy film Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) with The Ramones. He wrote the role of Lynda specifically for her because of the way she said the word "totally". Carpenter wanted her for his film Halloween after seeing Carrie. She is most known for her performance as Lynda van der Klok in the classic horror film Halloween (1978) directed by John Carpenter, the final victim of the character Michael Myers. They were married in 1978 in Texas on a dude ranch, and both appeared in the film Breaking Away in 1979. Subsequently, she went to Georgia to film Our Winning Season (1978) and met actor Dennis Quaid. The same year, she reunited with Carrie co-star John Travolta in Randal Kleiser's television film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Soles was injured on the set during filming, when a blast from a fire hose during the prom scene ruptured her eardrum. Originally, her character was just a minor role, and only supposed to have one line, but De Palma liked her so much that he expanded her role, as the secondary antagonist to Allen's Chris Hargensen. She starred alongside Sissy Spacek, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, Amy Irving and Piper Laurie.
However, she was cast as Norma Watson in Brian De Palma's Carrie. She originally auditioned for the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars but the role ultimately went to Carrie Fisher. She 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). It would have been her first film appearance, however Henzell was not able to complete the film until 2006. In 1974 she was hired by director Perry Henzell to portray a shampoo model in his film No Place Like Home. Soles moved to Manhattan and began acting in commercials and modeling for fashion magazines. This career goal changed when she visited the Actors Studio in New York City, and Soles was inspired to pursue acting. Soles attended Briarcliff College in White Plains, New York, later transferring to Georgetown University, and had aspirations to become the first woman ambassador to the Soviet Union. Soles 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. At the time of her birth, her father was working for an international insurance company and the family moved all over the world. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania and Austria. Soles was born Pamela Jayne Hardon in Frankfurt, Germany, to an American mother from New Jersey, Nancy Hardon ( née Seiden), and a Dutch father from Rotterdam, Cornelis Johannes Hardon II.
She has since appeared in a variety of films including Breaking Away (1979), Private Benjamin (1980), Stripes (1981), Sweet Dreams (1985), Jawbreaker (1999), and cult classics like The Devil's Rejects (2005) and Beg (2011). She made her film debut in 1976 as Norma Watson in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976) before portraying Lynda van der Klok in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) and Riff Randell in Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). Pamela Jayne Soles is a German-born American actress.
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