Actress Celeste Holm has had a
long and productive career in theatre, motion pictures and television,
entertaining millions. She was in the original casts of several Broadway
musicals, among them “Oklahoma,” and “The King and I,” in
numerous films, including “Gentlemen’s Agreement” (for which she
won an Oscar), “All About Eve,” “The Snake Pit” and
“Three Men
and a Baby.”
Holm was president of Arts Horizons and active on the
board of the Actor’s Fund. She was appointed chair of the New Jersey Motion
Picture and Television Development Commission. President Reagan appointed her
to the United States Council on the Arts. She received an honorary
degree from Norwood University in 1981, has been knighted by the King of
Norway, inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and recognized and
honored by her peers in the Motion Picture Academy. Holm lives in Morris
County.
