Lynn-Holly Johnson

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Lynn-Holly Johnson (born December 13, 1958) is a retired American figure skater and former actress. Raised in suburban Chicago, Johnson worked as a child model in local commercials, and began training in figure skating at age five. In 1969, she was cast as Helen Keller in a local production of The Miracle Worker, starring opposite Rita Moreno. Johnson achieved some success as a figure skater in the mid-1970s and competed in the 1974 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. After sustaining a leg fracture, she quit competitive skating and began performing as a figure skater with the Ice Capades. She made her feature film debut in the drama Ice Castles (1978) opposite Robby Benson, portraying a teenage figure skater who goes blind. Johnson was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance. She was subsequently cast as a lead in the Walt Disney-produced horror film The Watcher in the Woods (1980), and as Bibi Dahl in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only....

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