An actress since her childhood, Holly Marie Combs appeared in several feature films before becoming a well-known prime time televison presence in the 1990's. Born in SanDiego, Combs moved to New York as a child with her actress mother. She soon embarked on her own acting career, appearing in TV commercials and studying at the Professional Children's School. Combs made her film debut playing Susan Sarandan's daughter "Sweet Hearts Dance"(1988), moving on to parts in Oliver Stone's second vietnam saga "Born on the Fourth of July"(1989) and arthouse favorite Hal Hartley's "Simple Men"(1992). Combs established herself as an up-and-coming TV actress, though, in the rolse of Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker's daughter on producer/writer David E. Kelly's Emmy award-winning family drama "Picket Fences"(1992-1996). After the series ended, Combs stayed with the medium, starring as Texas-teen killer Diane Zamora in the TV docudrama "Love's Deadly Triangle: Texas Cadet Murder"(1997), and as the daughter of a murdered heiress in USA Networks "Our Mother's Murder"(1997). Combs returned to Tv series as grounded middle sibling Piper in Producer Aaron Spelling's Charmed, in 1998. Co-starring Tv vixens Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano, the tale of three beautiful, supernaturally endowed sisters appealed to the WB' network's young female audience, and Charmed became a hit.
~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide |
