Editing Celeste Holm (section)

==Early life==
Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for [[Lloyd's of London]].<ref name=today/> Because of her parents' occupations, she traveled often during her youth and attended various schools in the Netherlands, France and the United States. She began high school at the [[University School for Girls]] in Chicago, and then transferred to the [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)]] where she performed in many school stage productions and graduated as a member of the class of 1935. She then studied drama at the [[University of Chicago]] before becoming a stage actress in the late 1930s.<ref name=obit/>