1968
Plays lead in Guys and Dolls at UCLA, gets laryngitis, discovers she has nodules on vocal cords
1968
Goes into several weeks of silence to heal vocal cords, works with a voice teacher in Philadelphia who suggests Holly study to be an opera singer. Holly declines.
1968
Back in LA, Holly works with Another Mother For Peace in Beverly Hills, alongside her sister, Timothy Near.
1968
Holly and Timothy sing in a few prisons. Very challenging.
1968
Gets job in her first film, Angel, Angel Down We Go
1969
Lives in Venice, California. Continues working in film and TV – Partridge Family, Mod Squad. Tries to balance Hollywood life and racial strife in Venice.
1969
Lands spot in Broadway cast of Hair. Cast does silent vigil in response to Kent State massacre.
1970
Returns to California to do a film, The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. Holly tells a friend, “Women’s lib is OK for women who need it.” Lives long enough to laugh at that remark.
1971
Attends a meeting with her sister Timothy, put on by Hollywood people who want to oppose the war – EIPJ – Entertainment Industry for Peace and Justice.
1971
Auditions for Free the Army; cast includes Michael Alaimo