CELESTE HOLM ACTRESS BIOGRAPHY
CELESTE HOLM ACTRESS BIOGRAPHY Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan 's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She also is known for her performances in The Snake Pit (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), and High Society (1956). She is also known for originating the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943). [ Early life [ edit ] Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for Lloyd's of London . [2] Because of her parents' occupations, she traveled often during her youth and attended various schools in the Netherlands, France and th...