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P. J. Soles is an American film and television actress. In the Halloween series, she is best known as Lynda Van Der Klok in John Carpenter's Halloween. In addition, she voiced a Haddonfield High School teacher in its 2018 sequel.

Halloween[]

Soles portrayed one of the supporting roles in Halloween (1978), as Lynda Van Der Klok, the final victim of the Michael Myers character in the classic horror film. John Carpenter wanted her for his film after seeing her performance in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. He wrote the part of Lynda especially for her because of the way she said the word "totally".

Soles went to a screening of the movie after it was released, sitting in the fourth row of a regular audience. She was very amused when, during her nude scene and her line of "See anything you like?" a male audience member in front yelled out "Hell yes I do!", unaware she was right behind him. Her boyfriend at the time, Dennis Quaid, asked her if she wanted him to confront the man, but she declined, too amused by the experience. Quaid was originally supposed to play Lynda's boyfriend, Bob, but scheduling conflicts prevented this.

She later filmed at least one additional scene for the 1981 TV release of the film with co-star Jamie Lee Curtis.

She was offered the role of Norma Watson (who was named after her character in Carrie) in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, but was skeptical about coming back as a different character and the role was instead given to Janet Leigh. She would later rethink her decision when the chance was offered again for Halloween (2018).

Appearances[]

Film Character Year
Halloween Lynda Van der Klok 1978
Halloween (Extended Edition) Lynda Van der Klok 1981
Halloween Haddonfield High School Teacher 2018

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