P.J. Soles was born on July 17, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sometimes P.J. Solesis credited as Pamela Jayne Soles. Her birthname is Pamela Jayne Hardon.

For P.J. Soles audition for CARRIE, she wore a red baseball hat, which director Brian De Palma loved. He told her to bring it with her when they started shooting. The first thing he said to her on the set was, "Did you bring your red baseball hat?" She ended up wearing that hat for the majority of the film. In P.J. Soles' death scene in CARRIE, she is knocked dead/unconscious by a wild water hose. In actuality, the hose broke her eardrum and she really was unconscious for that scene.

In 1979, P.J. Soles was injured during the filming of her movie, ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

At one of the Ramones concerts, P.J. Soles sang ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL with them. John Carpenter, wanted P.J. Soles for his film, HALLOWEEN, after seeing CARRIE. He selected her to play Lynda partly because he felt she said the word "Totally" the best of all those auditioning for the part.

P.J. Soles's other notable credits include...

BEG (2010)
PRANK (2008)
LOVE IN THE AGE OF FISHSTICKS (2008)
MIL MASCARAS VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY (2007)
RAY OF SUNSHINE (2006)

THE TOOTH FAIRY (2006)

DEAD CALLING (2005)

MURDER ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (2005)

DEATH BY ENGAGEMENT (2005)

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (2005)

JAWBREAKER (1999)

SOLDIER'S FORTUNE (1992)

STRIPES (1981)

PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)

HALLOWEEN (1978)

CARRIE (1976)

BLOOD BATH (1976)

P.J Soles in PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980)

Soles in JAWBREAKER (1999)

P.J. Soles in STRIPES