Everything about Lois Chiles totally explained
Lois Cleveland Chiles (born
April 15,
1947) is an
American actress and former
fashion model best known for her role as Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979
James Bond film
Moonraker.
Early life
Chiles was born in
Houston,
Texas, the daughter of Barbara Wayne (
née Kirkland) and Marion Clay Chiles, who was the brother of oil tycoon and
Texas Rangers owner
Eddie Chiles. Chiles was raised in
Alice,
Texas. She received her education at the
University of Texas at Austin and the former
Finch College in
New York City, where she was discovered by a
Glamour editor looking for a young woman to feature on the cover of the magazine's annual college issue.
Chiles lost her younger brother to
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1978, which contributed to her decision to take a three-year hiatus from acting just as her career seemed to be blossoming. Her film career never fully recovered, and she struggled to find roles of the caliber she'd previously enjoyed, though film critic
Pauline Kael gave her good notices for her performances in
Alan Alda's
Sweet Charity (1986). Chiles' portrayal of reporter Jennifer Mack in
James L. Brooks'
Broadcast News (1987) was also well received. She was also memorable in
George Romero's horror flick
Creepshow 2 in 1987 where she played a
hit and run driver. She has since appeared as a stuffy high school principal in the 1996
Disney film
Wish Upon a Star and as a frightened cruise passenger in the critically-panned in 1997, and she made a
cameo appearance in the international release of the 1997
Bond-spoof, though her scene was cut in the
U.S. release.
Chiles has also done some work in television, playing
J.R.'s love interest Holly Harwood in the 1982–1983 season of
Dallas and appearing in
Murder, She Wrote in 1990. Later high points included the indie films
Diary of a Hit Man (1991) and
Curdled (1996). Unlike some "
Bond girls", Chiles good naturedly says that "being a Bond-girl is a fun way to be remembered" although she jokes that being asked to sigh "Oh, James" is annoying as "you can’t live up to people’s fantasies". and she often attends premieres of the series films.
Personal life
Shortly after the death of her younger brother, with whom she was especially close, she ended a long-term romance with
Don Henley of the
Eagles. Her father died in 1997, and in 2001 she battled
breast cancer. In 2005 she was married for the first time, to
Wall Street stockbroker and
philanthropist Richard Gilder.
She resides in
Houston, Texas.
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