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'''Rebecca Holden''' is an American actress, model, and singer. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/knight-rider-rebecca-holden-proud-american-memorial-day | title='Knight Rider' star Rebecca Holden says to 'give meaning and purpose' to the sacrifices of fallen soldiers | website=[[Fox News]] | date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref>
'''Rebecca Holden''’ is an American [[actress]], [[model]], and [[Singing|singer]].


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
While studying voice and piano in New York City, she became a model best known as "the [[Breck Shampoo|Breck]] Girl".<ref name="nm">{{cite news |title=Another 'Knight Rider' star seeks music career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21286685/rebecca_holden/ |work=The News-Messenger |agency=Gannett News Service |date=August 28, 1986 |location=Ohio, Fremont |page=27|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 25, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She went on to model on magazine covers and to film national commercials such as for [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory Soap]], [[Dentyne]], [[Kellogg's]], [[Chevrolet]], [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]], [[Playtex]], [[Arrid]], and [[7 Up]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web| url= http://www.rebeccaholden.com/bio/| title= Bio| website= RebeccaHolden.com| accessdate= March 17, 2016}}</ref>
While studying voice and piano in New York City, she became a model best known as "the [[Breck Shampoo|Breck]] Girl".<ref name="nm">{{cite news |title=Another 'Knight Rider' star seeks music career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21286685/rebecca_holden/ |work=The News-Messenger |agency=Gannett News Service |date=August 28, 1986 |location=Ohio, Fremont |page=27|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 25, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She went on to model on magazine covers and to film national commercials such as for [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory Soap]], [[Dentyne]], [[Kellogg's]], [[Chevrolet]], [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]], [[Playtex]], [[Arrid]], and [[7 Up]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web| url= http://www.rebeccaholden.com/bio/| title= Bio| website= RebeccaHolden.com| accessdate= March 17, 2016}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=August 2024}}


Holden guest-starred on primetime shows such as ''[[The Love Boat]]''; ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''; ''[[Matt Houston]]''; ''[[Three's Company]]''; ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''; ''[[Night Court]]''; ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]''; ''[[Remington Steele]]''; ''[[Barney Miller]]''; ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''; ''[[T.J. Hooker]]''; ''[[Police Squad!]]'' and others.<ref name=bio />
Holden guest-starred on primetime shows such as ''[[The Love Boat]]''; ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''; ''[[Matt Houston]]''; ''[[Three's Company]]''; ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''; ''[[Night Court]]''; ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]''; ''[[Remington Steele]]''; ''[[Barney Miller]]''; ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''; ''[[T.J. Hooker]]''; ''[[Police Squad!]]'' and others.<ref name=bio />
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In 2009, Holden portrayed the character Beth in the movie adaptation of ''[[The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rebeccaholden.com/book-of-ruth/ |title= ''Book of Ruth''| website=Rebecca Holden.com}}</ref>
In 2009, Holden portrayed the character Beth in the movie adaptation of ''[[The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rebeccaholden.com/book-of-ruth/ |title= ''Book of Ruth''| website=Rebecca Holden.com}}</ref>


On May 15, 2017, filmmaker [[Richard Rossi]] announced Holden had been cast in the lead role of Sister Sara Sunday in the independent film ''[[Canaan Land]], for which she went on to win Best Actress in the Malibu Film Festival. ''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolasco |first1=Stephanie |title='Knight Rider' star Rebecca Holden recalls on-screen chemistry with David Hasselhoff, why she left series |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/knight-rider-rebecca-holden-david-hasselhoff |accessdate=November 3, 2019 |agency=Fox News |publisher=Fox Corporation |date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|last1=Rutherford|first1=Tony|title=Knight Rider Star Rebecca Holden Lands Canaan Land Lead|url=http://www.huntingtonnews.net/148890|accessdate=May 16, 2017|publisher=Christian Newswire|via=HuntingtonNews.net|date=May 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2023, she starred in the western film, “Was Once a Hero” opposite Darby Hinton and Robert Carradine. <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aleAo8Til5E </ref>
On May 15, 2017, filmmaker [[Richard Rossi]] announced Holden had been cast in the lead role of Sister Sara Sunday in the independent film ''[[Canaan Land]], for which she went on to win Best Actress in the Malibu Film Festival. ''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nolasco |first1=Stephanie |title='Knight Rider' star Rebecca Holden recalls on-screen chemistry with David Hasselhoff, why she left series |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/knight-rider-rebecca-holden-david-hasselhoff |accessdate=November 3, 2019 |agency=Fox News |publisher=Fox Corporation |date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|last1=Rutherford|first1=Tony|title=Knight Rider Star Rebecca Holden Lands Canaan Land Lead|url=http://www.huntingtonnews.net/148890|accessdate=May 16, 2017|publisher=Christian Newswire|via=HuntingtonNews.net|date=May 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2023, she starred in the western film, ''Was Once a Hero'' opposite [[Darby Hinton]] and [[John Carter Cash]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brewer |first=Thom |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Celebrities and fans get together in Salem for 'Happy Trails Film and Television Festival' |url=https://www.wfxrtv.com/community/local-entertainment/celebrities-and-fans-get-together-in-salem-for-happy-trails-film-and-television-festival/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=WFXR}}</ref>


===Music===
===Music===
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
From 1980 until their divorce in 1986, Holden was married to her childhood sweetheart, Bobby Vassello.<ref>Dangaard, Colin (August 4, 1983). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/751051349/?clipping_id=152348176 "Rebecca Holden Joins 'Knight Rider' Cast"]. ''The State''. p.&nbsp;10-B. Retrieved July 30, 2024.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=He's hardly Mexican, but he'll fake it; Series: Headliners|author=|date=July 13, 1987|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=3D|quote=The actress no longer has to keep the home fires burning. She and her husband, oil company owner Bobby Vassallo, parted ways last year. 'It was the right thing,' says Rebecca. 'Things are good. I'm committed to my work and I'm a busy, happy person.'|id={{ProQuest|262514120}}}}</ref> On New Year's Eve, 2014, she married record producer [[Joel Diamond]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=HITCHED, HATCHED, HIRED: Inside the industry's celebrations and news; Weddings|author=|date=February 6, 2015|work=Joel Diamond, a multiplatinum record producer and former Sony Music executive, married actress-musician Rebecca Holden on New Year's Eve in Nashville. She filed for divorce in 2021.|id={{ProQuest|2298693503}}}}</ref>
From 1980 until their divorce in 1986, Holden was married to her childhood sweetheart, Bobby Vasselo. <ref>Dangaard, Colin (August 4, 1983). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/751051349/?clipping_id=152348176 "Rebecca Holden Joins 'Knight Rider' Cast"]. ''The State''. p.&nbsp;10-B. Retrieved July 30, 2024.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=He's hardly Mexican, but he'll fake it; Series: Headliners|author=|date=July 13, 1987|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=3D|quote=The actress no longer has to keep the home fires burning. She and her husband, oil company owner Bobby Vassallo, parted ways last year. 'It was the right th ing,' says Rebecca. 'Things are good. I'm committed to my work and I'm a busy, happy person.'|id={{ProQuest|262514120}}}}</ref> On New Year's Eve, 2014, she married record producer [[Joel Diamond]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=HITCHED, HATCHED, HIRED: Inside the industry's celebrations and news; Weddings|author=|date=February 6, 2015|work=Joel Diamond, a multiplatinum record producer and former Sony Music executive, married actress-musician Rebecca Holden on New Year's Eve in Nashville. She filed for divorce in 2021.|id={{ProQuest|2298693503}}}}</ref>


Holden has been active with relief organizations. She was a founding board member of Operation California (now Operation USA), traveling for charity work in Ethiopia during the famine. She later helped form Operation Texas, providing help to earthquake victims in Mexico City.<ref name=nm/>
Holden has been active with relief organizations. She was a founding board member of Operation California (now Operation USA), traveling for charity work in Ethiopia during the famine. She later helped form Operation Texas, providing help to earthquake victims in Mexico City.<ref name=nm/> In 2022, Rebecca was named a board of director and the [[Goodwill ambassador|Ambassador of Goodwill]] for The Stars Foundation. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestarsfoundation.net/board-of-directors.html | title=Board of Directors }}</ref> She is a board member of the William Stephanie Foundation<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.californiainvestmentforum.org/comittee | title=Meet Our Committee }}</ref>
In 2022, Rebecca was named a board of director and the [[Goodwill ambassador|Ambassador of Goodwill]] for The Stars Foundation. <ref> https://www.thestarsfoundation.net/board-of-directors.html </ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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Rebecca Holden
Rebecca Holden in 2009
Alma materNorth Texas State University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • singer
Years active1980–present
Known forKnight Rider
General Hospital
Spouses
Bobby Vassallo
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(m. 1980; div. 1986)​
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(m. 2015)​
Websitewww.rebeccaholden.com

Rebecca Holden is an American actress, model, and singer. [1]

Early life and career

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While studying voice and piano in New York City, she became a model best known as "the Breck Girl".[2] She went on to model on magazine covers and to film national commercials such as for Ivory Soap, Dentyne, Kellogg's, Chevrolet, Gillette, Playtex, Arrid, and 7 Up.[3][better source needed]

Holden guest-starred on primetime shows such as The Love Boat; Magnum, P.I.; Matt Houston; Three's Company; Taxi; Night Court; Mike Hammer; Remington Steele; Barney Miller; Quincy, M.E.; T.J. Hooker; Police Squad! and others.[3] She then joined the cast of the TV series Knight Rider in the series regular role of April Curtis during the show's second season (1983–1984).[4]

She played the diabolical Elena on ABC's soap opera General Hospital, and later moved to Tennessee to help care for her ill sister. During this period she appeared in many stage plays and musicals such as the role of Nancy in Oliver! and Lola in Damn Yankees. Holden starred in a production of Baby, the Musical at the Boiler Room Theatre in Franklin, Tennessee[5]

She was co-host of the TNN dance show Dancin' at the Hot Spots in 1993.

In 2009, Holden portrayed the character Beth in the movie adaptation of The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith.[6]

On May 15, 2017, filmmaker Richard Rossi announced Holden had been cast in the lead role of Sister Sara Sunday in the independent film Canaan Land, for which she went on to win Best Actress in the Malibu Film Festival. [7][8] In 2023, she starred in the western film, Was Once a Hero opposite Darby Hinton and John Carter Cash.[9]

Music

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While she was still a model, Holden formed a country music group and toured with it for two years.[2]

Holden charted two singles for TRA-Star Records in 1989: "The Truth Doesn't Always Rhyme" and "License to Steal". She recorded the album The Highway Runs Both Ways for Curb Records and a self-titled album for BMG Europe.[10]

In 1989, Holden was recognized as both New Independent Artist and New Independent Female at the first Cash Box magazine Nashville Music Awards.[11]

In the early 2010s, Holden and Kevin Sasaki toured in "Together Forever", a musical tribute to Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence.[12]

Personal life

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From 1980 until their divorce in 1986, Holden was married to her childhood sweetheart, Bobby Vasselo. [13][14] On New Year's Eve, 2014, she married record producer Joel Diamond.[15]

Holden has been active with relief organizations. She was a founding board member of Operation California (now Operation USA), traveling for charity work in Ethiopia during the famine. She later helped form Operation Texas, providing help to earthquake victims in Mexico City.[2] In 2022, Rebecca was named a board of director and the Ambassador of Goodwill for The Stars Foundation. [16] She is a board member of the William Stephanie Foundation[17]

Filmography

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Film
Year Film Role Notes
1982 Dirty Hero Christene Adams Alternative title: Yogoreta eiyû
1988 The Sisterhood Alee Caged Woman
1989 Loverboy Anchovy woman
1991 Twenty Dollar Star Lisa
1992 The Hollywood Beach Murders Jamie
1999 Foolish Rebecca the Waitress
Lycanthrope Sheila Stein Alternative title: Bloody Moon
2001 Knight Chills Newscaster Direct-to-video release
Outlaw Prophet Molly
2005 From Venus The Avatrix
2009 The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith Beth Direct-to-video release
2015 The Hollywouldn'ts Lead
2016 Baskets Co-star
2016 All Wrong Lead
2021 Canaan Land Lead
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1980 B.A.D. Cats 1 episode
Three's Company Bunny/Twinkie 1 episode
1982 House Calls Jan Howard 1 episode
Happy Days Lola 1 episode
The Love Boat Mona (1981), Diane (1984) 2 episodes
Magnum, P.I., 1981 Laura Frasier 1 episode
Enos 1 episode
Barney Miller, 1981 Wendy McWilliams 1 episode: "Paternity"
Taxi Christina Longworth 1 episode
Private Benjamin 1 episode
Too Close for Comfort Susan Andrews 1 episode
Quincy, M.E. Kirsten MacKenzie 1 episode
Police Squad! Stella 1 episode
T. J. Hooker Lynn Hartman 1 episode
1983 Johnny Blue Kathy Weatherby Television movie
Matt Houston Dr. Carol Masters
Sharon Dardis 		2 episodes
1983–1984 Knight Rider April Curtis[4] 21 episodes
1984 The Master 1 episode
The New Mike Hammer Barbara Rainey 1 episode
1986 Night Court Mary Korchak 1 episode
Remington Steele Windsor Thomas 1 episode
1987 General Hospital Elena Cosgrove Unknown episodes
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Vanessa 1 episode

Discography

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country[18]
1989 "The Truth Doesn't Always Rhyme" 82
"License to Steal" 78

References

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  1. ^ "'Knight Rider' star Rebecca Holden says to 'give meaning and purpose' to the sacrifices of fallen soldiers". Fox News. May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Another 'Knight Rider' star seeks music career". The News-Messenger. Ohio, Fremont. Gannett News Service. August 28, 1986. p. 27. Retrieved June 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b "Bio". RebeccaHolden.com. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  4. ^ a b O'Hallaren, Bill (January 4, 1986). "Boy, Has She Got Car Troubles". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Shaw, Peggy (February 1, 2002). "From the small screen to the small stage". The Tennessean. Tennessee, Nashville. p. W – 1. Retrieved June 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Book of Ruth". Rebecca Holden.com.
  7. ^ Nolasco, Stephanie (November 2, 2019). "'Knight Rider' star Rebecca Holden recalls on-screen chemistry with David Hasselhoff, why she left series". Fox Corporation. Fox News. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  8. ^ Rutherford, Tony (May 16, 2017). "Knight Rider Star Rebecca Holden Lands Canaan Land Lead" (Press release). Christian Newswire. Retrieved May 16, 2017 – via HuntingtonNews.net.
  9. ^ Brewer, Thom (May 17, 2024). "Celebrities and fans get together in Salem for 'Happy Trails Film and Television Festival'". WFXR. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  11. ^ Oermann, Robert K. (December 7, 1989). "Alabama wins big at 'Cash Box' awards". The Tennessean. Tennessee, Nashville. p. 5–D. Retrieved June 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ "Today". The Star-Democrat. Maryland, Easton. June 10, 2011. p. 3. Retrieved June 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ Dangaard, Colin (August 4, 1983). "Rebecca Holden Joins 'Knight Rider' Cast". The State. p. 10-B. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "He's hardly Mexican, but he'll fake it; Series: Headliners". St. Petersburg Times. July 13, 1987. p. 3D. ProQuest 262514120. The actress no longer has to keep the home fires burning. She and her husband, oil company owner Bobby Vassallo, parted ways last year. 'It was the right th ing,' says Rebecca. 'Things are good. I'm committed to my work and I'm a busy, happy person.'
  15. ^ "HITCHED, HATCHED, HIRED: Inside the industry's celebrations and news; Weddings". Joel Diamond, a multiplatinum record producer and former Sony Music executive, married actress-musician Rebecca Holden on New Year's Eve in Nashville. She filed for divorce in 2021. February 6, 2015. ProQuest 2298693503.
  16. ^ "Board of Directors".
  17. ^ "Meet Our Committee".
  18. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
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