Lois Chiles
| Lois Chiles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lois Cleveland Chiles April 15, 1947 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1972–2006 |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Gilder (2005–present) |
Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947)[1] is an American actress and former fashion model known for her roles as Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, and as a hit and run driver in 1987's Creepshow 2, as well as such films as The Great Gatsby, The Way We Were, Death on the Nile and Broadcast News.
Early life
Chiles was born in Houston, the daughter of Marion Clay Chiles and Barbara Wayne Kirkland Chiles. Her father was the brother of oil tycoon and Texas Rangers owner Eddie Chiles.[2][3] She had two brothers: Clay Kirkland Chiles (died 1979), and William Edmonds Chiles, president and CEO of Bristow Group, Inc, and was raised in Alice, Texas.
Chiles studied 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.[1] She landed the job and soon had contracts with Wilhelmina Models in New York and Elite Models in Paris. Later, she studied acting under Roy London.[4] She dated Don Henley but the relationship ended, and in 2005, she married money manager Richard Gilder.[5]
Career
In the early 1970s, Chiles enjoyed a successful modeling career. She made her big-screen debut in Together for Days in 1972, followed by 1973's The Way We Were, in which she played opposite Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, as Carol Ann, the college sweetheart of Redford's character. She was then cast as Jordan Baker in 1974's The Great Gatsby, alongside Mia Farrow and, again, Robert Redford.[6]
In 1978, she appeared in the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile as the murder victim Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, and in 1979, she appeared in what is perhaps her most famous role, that of NASA astronaut, scientist and Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in Moonraker. Chiles had initially been approached to star in the previous Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, but she declined the role as she was taking a break from acting at the time.[1] She also appeared in a small role in the noted thriller Coma (1978), one of the many films where she played a murder victim.[7]
Chiles lost her youngest 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 had previously enjoyed, although film critic Pauline Kael gave her good notices for her performances in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty (1986). Her portrayal of reporter Jennifer Mack in James L. Brooks' Broadcast News (1987) was also well received, as was her turn in George A. Romero's horror flick Creepshow 2 in 1987, as a hit and run driver.[8] In 1989, she appeared uncredited in a short but effective cameo as the estranged mother of Ione Skye's character in Say Anything... (1989).[6]
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 Speed 2: Cruise Control in 1997. She made a cameo appearance in the international release of the 1997 Bond spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, though her scene was cut in the United States release.[6]
She has worked in television, playing J.R. Ewing's love interest Holly Harwood in the 1982–1983 season of Dallas and guest appearances in series such as Hart to Hart (as a psychotic split-personality model), In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, and The Nanny (with another Bond girl Ivana Miličević). Later high points included the indie films Diary of a Hitman (1991) and Curdled (1996).[1] In 2005, friend Quentin Tarantino, with whom she had previously worked on the set of Curdled, recruited her to appear in the two-episode finale of season five of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which he wrote and directed.[6]
In the spring of 2002, she taught a course in film acting at the University of Houston.[4] Unlike some "Bond girls", Chiles has said 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".[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Together for Days | Shelley | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Carol Ann | |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Jordan Baker | |
| 1978 | Coma | Nancy Greenly | |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Linnet Ridgeway | |
| 1979 | Moonraker | Dr. Holly Goodhead | |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Mary Scott / Scottie | TV series，Season 2（1 episode） |
| 1982–1983 | Dallas | Holly Harwood | TV series，Season 6（22 episode） and Season 7（2 episode） |
| 1984 | Courage | Ruth | |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Leslie | |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions | Jessica Drake | TV movie |
| 1987 | Creepshow 2 | Annie Lansing (segment "The Hitchhiker") | |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's | Lita Nathan | TV movie |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Jennifer Mack | |
| 1989 | Say Anything... | Diane's Mother (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | Twister | Virginia | |
| 1990 | Burning Bridges | Claire Morgan | TV movie |
| 1990 | In the Eye of the Snake | Claire Anzer--Marc's Mother | |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Millie Bingham Stafford | TV series，Season 7（1 episode） |
| 1991 | Veronica Clare | TV series，Season 1（1 episode）and Season 2（1 episode） | |
| 1991 | Bis ans Ende der Welt | Elsa Farber | |
| 1991 | Diary of a Hitman | Sheila | |
| 1992 | Obsessed | Louise | TV movie |
| 1993 | In the Heat of the Night | Muriel Gray | TV series，Season 6（1 episode） |
| 1993 | Civil Wars | TV series，Season 2（1 episode） | |
| 1993 | Crossroads | Renee | TV series，Season 1（1episode） |
| 1993 | Lush Life | Lucy | TV movie |
| 1994 | L.A. Law | "Carmilla Greer" | TV series，Season 8（1 episode） |
| 1995 | The Babysitter | Bernice Holsten | |
| 1995 | Flipper | Allison Van Rijn | TV series，Season 1（1 episode） |
| 1996 | Curdled | Katrina Brandt | |
| 1996 | Wish Upon a Star | Mittermonster | TV movie |
| 1997 | Bliss | Eva | |
| 1997 | The Nanny | Elaine | TV series，Season 4（1 episode） |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Steamrolled Henchman's Wife (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Celeste | |
| 1998 | Black Cat Run | Ada Bronnel | |
| 2000 | Eventual Wife | Susan's Mother | short |
| 2002 | Any Day Now | Judge | TV series，Season 4（1 episode） |
| 2002 | Warning: Parental Advisory | Susan Baker | TV movie |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jillian Stokes | TV series，Season 5 (episode: "Grave Danger"） |
| 2006 | Kettle of Fish | Jean |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Profile, entertainment.msn.com; accessed April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Profile, Yahoo.com; accessed April 9, 2016.
- ↑ "If you don't have an oil well, get one!", barrypopik.com; accessed April 9, 2016.
- 1 2 Profile, mfah.org; accessed April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Lattman, Peter (November 7, 2012). "Lois Chiles Talks About Being a Bond Girl". New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Lois Chiles at the Internet Movie DatabaseLois Chiles at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Profile, Cinemorgue.com; accessed April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Creepshow 2 review, barnesandnoble.com; accessed April 9, 2016.
- ↑ Talking to Bond Girls, stumpedmagazine.com; accessed August 3, 2014.
External links
- Lois Chiles at the Internet Movie Database
- Lois Chiles at the TCM Movie Database
- Interview with Lois Chiles focusing on her role on "Dallas"